Menard County News

Nearly 400 applications totaling $442 million are chasing the next round of federal stimulus spending on transportation in Illinois.

Repairs continue at Petersburg's new water plant after it was struck by lightning last month.

Chicago attorney Karen Conti bought a piece of Menard County history today for $31,000. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Petersburg was auctioned off after the church's membership had dwindled to about a handful of people.

Lenora Wilson is sad that Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Petersburg, which she began attending in the 1940s, is being auctioned this coming Saturday.

The health-care industry in the Springfield area - the second-largest employer behind state government - generates almost $2.5 billion a year in direct and indirect economic activity and shows great potential for the future, according to an economic impact study released today by the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce.

There is a tattered American flag rippling in the wind above the broken, neglected tombstones of the Old Concord Cemetery, just north of Petersburg.

Both candidates for mayor of Petersburg say they have the experience needed for the job.

The Athens and Fancy Prairie volunteer Emergency Medical Services teams for years have relied on donations and fundraisers to cover their operating expenses.

A 58-year-old Athens man was killed Monday afternoon in a farming accident in southern Menard County.

A Menard County woman is desperately searching for her two lost dogs. E. Greenan said she was walking the dogs in the woods near New Salem State Park on Jan.

Area residents looking for education have a new resource available to them. The Regional Office of Education, in the county office building at 122 N. McLean St., is now a certified GED testing center.

Organizers in Petersburg are finalizing plans to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday this month.

Winners of the 18th Mayor's Awards for the Arts, sponsored by the Springfield Area Arts Council and Mayor Tim Davlin, were announced at a ceremony held at the Hoogland Center for the Arts Thursday.

The Logan County Spelling Bee is no more. Because of funding issues and a lack of interest, Logan County schools will no longer participate in the annual countywide spelling bee.

A 22-year-old Petersburg man was killed early Thursday in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Fairgrounds Street in rural Menard County.

Fire ravaged the 125-year-old Irish Grove Community Church in rural Menard County on Christmas night.

Instead you get a serious and thoughtful play about the state of gay rights and what it means to be an American.

Review by Richard Sumrall Central Illinois author Troy Taylor's "Bloody Illinois" is the newest addition to his "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" series.