Illinois Valley Central's baseball team is heating up as the regular season winds down.

Elizabeth Fenelon, a senior at Illinois Valley Central High School, received the scholarship of a lifetime.Fenelon received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy. School officials honored her at a ceremony May 7 at IVC High School."Just to give background on what this means, Elizabeth was one...

The Illinois Valley Central softball team put runs on the board May 6 at home against St. Bede but it was still not enough.

New Mayor Doug Crew wasted little time in moving the issue of who should be the city's ambulance provider to the forefront. It was his first issue to take action on after taking care of the regular annual issues of setting up the council meeting times and appointments of city supervisors, council committees, and boards and...

Katie Parker and her mother, Renee, just experienced a Mother's Day weekend they will never forget.Parker has participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in the past, but this is the first year she has walked as a team captain and now a survivor.The 2000 IVC High School graduate, who now lives in...

In the past year, Tad Agoglia has traveled to New York, Florida and Louisiana helping with disaster relief, and the flooding of the Illinois River has now brought him to central Illinois.Agoglia is the founder of First Response Team of America, a not-for-profit organization that responds to disaster areas across the nation.

The Illinois Valley Central soccer season has come to an end.

Now that the Illinois House has passed a comprehensive pension reform plan, the Senate is back in the crosshairs of the debate.

James Bond always had cars filled with the most high tech gadgets. Now motorists do not have to carry a 00 license to drive the most technologically advanced rides.

Louis and Kim Salz know the feeling of Chillicothe community spirit firsthand.

Illinois Valley Central's boys track team finished second at Spring Valley with 117 points, 12 points behind first-place finisher Princeton.

Congratulate your senior with an ad plus their picture in the TimesNewspapers under the graduation class pictures running May 22. Cost is $29 for the full-color ad.Click the graduation form link at left and...

More than a week since the Illinois River crested in Peoria, residents in Chillicothe still are working to get back to normal.

The Ghosts did not want to end the regular season this way.

The bats came alive for the Illinois Valley Central softball team and did it in a big way.

PEORIA — For the third straight year, the UnityPoint Health-Methodist Red White and Boom will feature a pyrotechnics show with a six-figure cost for fireworks.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

After a decade of teaching central Illinois children about Illinois history and farming, Spring Planting volunteers concluded this year's program Thursday differently than they have in the past.

The 2013 Illinois Valley Central baseball team is starting to look like the powerhouse squads of old.

Now that the Illinois House has passed a comprehensive pension reform plan, the Senate is back in the crosshairs of the debate.

After a tough start to the season, the Illinois Valley Central baseball team put up its fourth consecutive win April 22 with a 6-2 home victory over Pontiac.

Chillicothe’s oldest boat docks should not be going anywhere, thanks to a little work April 22.City Engineer Ken Coulter said he would rest a little easier after Midwest Foundation added about 3 feet of piling to allow the docks to continue to rise as the Illinois River level did the same.Workers boated to...

The record floodwater not only enveloped everything within its reach, it also found a home in many areas.One of those areas was Shore Acres Clubhouse, which had about 2 inches inside the basement on the south end, according to Kevin Yates, Chillicothe Park District Director of Parks and Recreation.The north end,...

The water along the flooded Illinois River has started to recede and more of the area highways are reopening. But that doesn’t end all of the transportation problems. It may be days or even weeks before barge and train traffic through central Illinois can resume. After heavy spring rains, the Illinois...

Illinois Valley Central's softball team returned to the diamond April 22 and was shutout in an 8-0 loss to Morton.

29.35 feet April 23, 201328.80 feet May 23, 1943While the Illinois River is receding slowly from historic levels, Chillicothe area residents still are left with water surrounding their homes and work to be done.As many residents know, there is no official gauge in...

With the actual rain done for a day at least, the Illinois Valley Central soccer team made a storm of its own.

Projected historic flooding led to a massive sandbagging effort for Chillicothe’s residents living near the Illinois River.In the middle of last week, a huge amount of rain fell from the sky, leading to flash floods and an overwhelmed Senachwine Creek.Residents surveyed the damage from Illinois Route 29...

Illinois Valley Central District 321 announced its 2013 Distinguished Alumni recipients at its April 16 school board meeting.This year’s honorees include: Johnston McCulley, class of 1901; Lynn Bridgman, class of 1953; Barb Wilmot, class of 1959; and Douglas Crew, class of 1967.Johnston McCulley’s...

Ambulance Rescue 33 is continuing to make its way through the process to operate again. Its board of directors announced Friday that its application and business plans were completed and accepted by the Peoria Area EMS System."This was the major step that needed to be accomplished to have the service...

In less than three years, a grassroots effort to promote the need for replacing Chillicothe’s viaduct on the north end of town is producing some substantial results.On April 17, Gov. Pat Quinn released the latest state highway improvement plan. For the first time, construction money is listed for the Burlington...

Boys TrackThe rainy weather did not stop the Illinois Valley Central boys track team from battling in the Princeton Invite April 15.

Despite the rainy weather, Illinois Valley Central managed to complete a home and away series of games in one day.

The following is a list of recently opened and closed state roads, provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation. They are current as of about 12:30 p.m. Thursday.Open:· IL 29 southbound and one lane northbound, ¼ mile...