Hillsboro, Ill., may not be Paris, but it does play host to a bicycle race called the Hillsboro-Roubaix Road Race.

Three Democrats are seeking to win the Feb. 2 primary in Illinois' 98th Legislative District to face the sole Republican hopeful in the November general election.

Former Macoupin County Coroner Charles Landers issued a news release Sunday rebutting what he termed "baseless" claims by Hillsboro attorney Chris Sherer.

The engagement and approaching marriage of Sami Witt and Jared Dixon have been announced by her parents, Rick and Brenda Witt of Roodhouse.

On Oct. 23, Aaron J. Thomason, 32, of Fairfield, Ill., was lodged in the Graham Correctional Center at Hillsboro, Ill., to begin serving a one-year prison sentence for possession of methamphetamine.

The Hillsboro Recreation Commission is sponsoring JAM Basketball again for USD 410 boys and girls in grades one through six.

Of this year's 10 finalists for Illinois Teacher of the Year, four are Eastern graduates.

Christopher Barclay Hamm and Leslie Ann Lorton, both of Machesney Park, Ill., announce their engagement and upcoming winter wedding.

Sydney and Annette Blankenship, of Hillsboro, Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Jean Blankenship, of Hillsboro, to Brian David Limbaugh, of St.

Tabor College announced 16 new faculty and staff appointments for the 2009-10 school year.

State officials say there are 10 finalists for Illinois Teacher of the Year. The winner will be announced at a banquet next month.

Teachers from Edwardsville and Brussels are among the 10 finalists for the 2009-10 Illinois Teacher of the Year, The Illinois State Board of Education announced today.

Lynee Diane Epp of Roeland Park and Mark Edward Rigdon of Overland Park were married at 6:30 p.m. April 4 at Prairie Village Baptist Church in Prairie Village with pastor Brian Wright officiating.

The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce has hired Vester "Jack" Stewart as executive director.

More than 40 area police and sheriff's departments will join almost 16,000 communities nationwide today in observing the 26th annual National Night Out, a big variety of local anti-crime gatherings.