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

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

Julie Jarman Welcome to the month of July. Right now, many of us are knee deep in summer activities in the pool, at the baseball diamond, in the garden, at the golf course or just relaxing on the ...

By Roger L. Kratochvil Some of you might remember my story that I wrote in January of 2023 called, “It may not be Lassie or Garfield, but it’s mine.” It was a story about our pets who many of us ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...