Litchfield News

Teleflex Marine, a provider of steering, controls, cables, hoses, switches and engine and drive parts for the marine industry, continues to make Teleflex aftermarket gauges available to distributors and dealers through its distribution center in Litchfield, Ill., without disruption to the supply process, it reported in a recent statement.

If you like to put away a day's calories while sitting in front of the TV, the Catlow Theater is your kind of night out.

A 17-year-old Modesto boy lost control of his car, which landed upside-down in a creek Monday morning, trapping him under water, but authorities said he died before being submerged.

Anna Mae Estell's bright smile and quiet, direct answers belie her 105 years. Estell celebrated her birthday with friends and family members at Mill Creek Cattle Co.

A Litchfield man has filed suit in Montgomery County alleging he was sexually abused as a youth by Paul Kincaid, a 67-year-old Litchfield man currently serving a 30-year federal prison sentence for manufacture and possession of child pornography.

A methodical search for a missing boater on Lake Lou Yaeger in Montgomery County resumed early Thursday morning.

Divers have recovered the body of a 49-year-old man who went missing at Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield.

Hundreds of kids won't go to school Monday in Illinois. The Gillespie School District shut down late Saturday night.The district's superintendent says the principal at Benld Elementary noticed cracks in the schools walls and floors Saturday afternoon. The principal says she was in the school earlier that day and there was no damage at that time. The district suspects the damage is due to mine subsidence, but that is not confirmed. The district says it is necessary to shut down the entire district to reorganize while school officials work to figure out what to do with the nearly 700 students who attend Benld Elementary.

Maybe Litchfield should start taking notes. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 may help the city pay for future projects, according to Nokomis Mayor Keith Hancock. At the Monday evening council meeting, he elaborated upon two projects that may come to fruition. The first project is a plan to improve and replace water lines in the northern part of the city. With a cost estimate of $513,000, one-half of that would be eligible for stimulus funding. Of that amount, 50% of stimulus dollars is forgiven; the other 50% would have to be repaid over a 20-year period at 0% interest rate. The other proposal would have Police Chief Michael Schoo submit a grant application to the COPS Hiring Program which, in effect, would pay for an additional full-time police officer for a three year period; however, the city would be required to pay for the fourth year of employment. Council members voted unanimously to proceed with both applications.

A s part of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a group of area health agencies and health departments along with several local hospitals in central Illinois are offering free colorectal screening kits in March.

Democratic Party chairmen of the 98th Legislative District met Tuesday night and selected the wife of former state Rep.

Macoupin County Democrats will meet at 9 a.m. today at the Best Western hotel at Illinois 108 and Interstate 55 to discuss a replacement for former state Rep.

It's virtually certain that a Hannig will continue to represent the 98th House District in the Illinois General Assembly.

Candidates who hope to succeed former state Rep. Gary Hannig in the Illinois House will take part in an open forum Saturday.

Former state Rep. Gary Hannig, D-Litchfield, apparently spent his first official day on the job Monday as director of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Governor Pat Quinn announced on Friday the appointment of State Representative Gary Hannig to lead the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Lawmakers agreed Thursday to borrow more than $500 million from special state funds, a move that would pull the trigger on a complicated plan to send millions of extra federal dollars to Illinois hospitals.

The weekend stabbing of a man at his home in the Macoupin County village of Lake Kaho remains under investigation, authorities said Monday.

A day after warnings about a monstrous $9 billion state budget deficit, the Illinois House voted overwhelmingly to give Gov.

Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn was sworn in on Thursday as the State's 41st Governor, following the State Senate's removal of former Governor Rod Blagojevich.