Monticello Christian Academy is looking for partners to help sponsor an intergenerational playground project for the Piatt County Nursing Home. Fundraising has taken place over the last year and is ...

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has announced the creation of a new administrative unit — the Division of Parks and Natural Spaces (DPNS) — to oversee Allerton Park and Retreat Center and ...

When drama advisor Nicki Graham picks a spring musical for Monticello High School, she looks at a lot of different criteria. She looks at the number of actors the group has and their strengths. She ...

On the republican side, for United States Senator Republicans can chose from Casey Chlebek, Don Tracy, R. Cary Capparelli, Pamela Denise Long, Jimmy Lee Tilman, II or Jeannie Evans. Chlebek is retired ...

CHAMPAIGN — They are celebrating on Lakeside Drive. It is Mardi Gras, VE Day and New Year’s Eve all rolled into one. Loren Tate’s beloved University of Illinois basketball team is returning to the ...

Illinois agriculture faces no shortage of challenges: from volatile markets to rising input costs to increasingly unpredictable weather. What receives far less attention is the quiet infrastructure ...

Tatum Harman of Monticello, Illinois, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at ...

In Birdland dawn has been breaking into blue skies and quickly warming days. It still gets cold at night, but yesterday I only wore my sweater to go to the next building for class. I think spring is ...

What a beautiful day for a rally! Blue skies and sweater weather. Our community gathered at the courthouse square to listen to speakers and voice our concerns. Our county is small, but the turnout was ...

In January 2026 the Monticello Police Department dealt with 67 criminal offenses, 5 follow up investigations and 12 911 calls. They gave 52 written warnings and three verbal warnings. The department ...

Bement High School students got a chance to do hands on learning last month. Foods students participated in three 3-day hands-on lesson as they learned about the local foods system and how to safely ...