Colchester News

Illinois State Police say the accident happened when 22 year-old Jeremy Barclay of Colchester ran a stop sign at the intersection of County Road 1050 and 1300 North in Scotland Township in McDonough County.

Bruce and Cherri Jolley of Colchester are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Lynn Jolley, of Colchester, to Kyle Hislop, son of Rodney and Mary Hislop, of Highgate Center.

As one determined woman stuffed ballots into the official Vermont voting bag, another worked on a tally at the Colchester High School polls on Tuesday.

A number of Colchester County schools are to receive funding as part of a strategy to help support more rural, isolated schools in an effort to ensure students continue to receive a quality education in their communities.

Rescue personnel managed to free a 61-year-old Colchester, Ill., man, who was trapped inside his vehicle following a one-vehicle crash Tuesday, by non-mechanical means.