This past weekend, the parish family of St. Michael's Church gathered to celebrate the final Mass of Father Thomas Hagstrom ...

Kennedy Rettig On Thursday, June 25, the Staunton Star-Times met with Staunton Fire Department volunteer firefighter Jacob ...

Tom Emery In its 100 years of existence, millions have traveled on Route 66. Not all of them were human. Along the original alignment of the highway near Nilwood, 30 miles south of Springfield in ...

Cyclists will once again roll into Staunton for one of the area’s most unique summer traditions as the Tour de Donut returns ...

The Zion Lutheran PTL is inviting local businesses and community members to become sponsors for its 23rd Annual Golf Classic, with proceeds helping support educational opportunities and programs for ...

Meet Luna, an affectionate and sweet lady who is as playful as they come. Despite her past as a pregnant stray, she's turned ...

Kennedy Rettig On Thursday, June 25 from 2-4 p.m., the Staunton Public Library hosted their weekly summer reading program.

As usual, the ladies had some really good golfing on the last Thursday of June. Carol Lietz had a birdie on number 8. Two teams had chip-ins. Barb Augustine and Deb McNaughton had a chip-in on number ...

By Russ Rosencrans Most people look at retirement as the finish line. For me, it kept turning into a restart. I spent more than 20 years in broadcasting, telling stories, connecting with people, and ...

The Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers (IAVAT) announces that Maggie McCalla has officially assumed her ...

Jill Pertler I’ve written about universal truths before and thought I’d completed my list, but I stumbled upon a few more. Okay, a lot more, but who’s counting? It’s sort of like the dust bunnies ...

Each spring and early summer, Illinois roads become unlikely migration routes for one of the state's oldest residents–turtles. In recent weeks, many drivers may have noticed an increase in turtles ...