Bement News

Firefighters believe a lit cigarette thrown into a garbage can started to a fire that destroyed an Ivesdale home Monday night.

Village leaders in Bement are trying to shut down their police department. But the process is taking longer than expected.

A Monticello man who was out on bond for a November 2011 burglary in Mansfield was arrested last week in connection with a burglary at a Bement gas station.

First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign-Urbana was one of two area banks downgraded in the latest ratings from BauerFinancial.

A Bement man who admitted sexually molesting a child in his care has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.