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The Journal-Republican, serving Piatt County and the surrounding areas.

Shirley R. Hinton, 95, of Mansfield died Sunday (June 15, 2025) at Piatt County Nursing Home, Monticello. Funeral arrangements are pending at Mansfield United Methodist Church.

The board also voted to approve the purchase of 300 Chromebooks that are coming off a five year lease agreement. The books will cost $38 per device for a total of $11,400. The board also voted to ...

The book follows Hercules, a recent orphan, who deals with the memory of his parents and his new life at the Academy. He’s tasked with writing a paper on the 12 labors of Hercules, but instead decides ...

While at the shelter the scouts learned about the work volunteers at Piatt County Animal Shelter do and spent time playing with the cats and kittens that call the Piatt County Animal Shelter home. The ...

White Heath Fifth Graders recently participated in the Rube Goldberg Project Contest at the University of Illinois. The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is a contest in which students of all ages build ...

New Monticello City leaders were sworn in at the May 12 meeting. Mayor Larry Stoner was sworn in as were City Council Members Mike Koon, Erik Broadrick, Cole Cary, Rodney Burris and Elaine Yoon. Yoon ...

"We wanted to dream big," said architect Cliff Carey during a public meeting at the park Dec. 11 to outline a final draft for the facility’s proposed master plan. The park is owned by the University ...

In other action, the board: –reappointed Jani Hamilton as the school treasurer, and the State Bank of Bement as district depositor; –approved the following hires: Rachel Riley-Halliday, high school ...

If convicted of transportation of child pornography, Bell faces five to 20 years in prison. Conviction of possession of child pornography carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. He faces a ...

Rates for the village’s 473 residential households will go from $20 to $22 on Jan. 1, then an additional $2 per year to $30 in January of 2023. Monthly charges for business and industrial users will ...