Piatt County News

Ryan Stricklin's smile says it all. He was fun loving, friendly and kind. But that was taken away three months ago.

Piatt County Sheriff's investigators say a Spanish teacher's sexual lesson plans did not break the law.

Join us for the 2009 95Q Colgate Country Showdown at the Piatt County Fair in Cerro Gordo at 7 PM on Thursday, June 25.

BEMENT – Motorists can expect delays on Illinois 105 in rural Piatt County beginning next week.

T he National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory until 1 p.m. Wednesday for southeastern Logan County, northeastern Sangamon County, Macon County, Piatt County and northern Christian County in central Illinois.

Purdue basketball player Lewis Jackson will have to complete community service and spend a year under court supervision after pleading guilty to charges of illegal alcohol consumption and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Murders in Piatt County are few and far between. So when Gary Shaffer, the Cerro Gordo police chief at the time, heard in 1981 that a relative had fatally shot his neighbor near Centerville, he had to investigate.