Sherman News

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore History Museum will present a Civil War talk given by local teacher and author Tom Oestreicher at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 5, at the museum's new location at the Engh Farm, 1730 N. Main St., Sycamore.

Farrell Gay, a retired Springfield businessman and Illinois Watch Company collector, is reviving a Abraham Lincoln high school essay contest from the 1920s that was sponsored by the Illinois Watch Company to coincide to an exhibit of time pieces on display at the Farrell and Ann Gay Museum of Springfield History at the Elijah Iles House.

Has the city forgotten about the central core of Springfield, including the MacArthur Boulevard and South Grand East corridors? PHOTOBY R.L. NAVE For anyone who thought that the federal stimulus plan would be manna for the needs of city and state governments, think again.

R:EXCLUSIVE: Local governments in Sangamon County are poised to receive at least $14 million in federal stimulus money for infrastructure improvements, new law enforcement equipment and energy efficiency projects.

The Wilcox Elementary School "Check In / Check Out" program offers positive reinforcement and ways to improve behavior for students enrolled in the program.

Exactly two home-construction permits were issued through the first three months of 2009 in Sherman.

In the next 20 years, Sherman could have a community center, a bike trail linking the community to Williamsville, streets with pedestrian and bike lanes and a new park.

A 1.3-mile stretch of old Route 66 southeast of Springfield, Ill., may be placed on the National Register of Historic Places next month, reports the Springfield Journal-Register . Preservationists believe the road is the longest drivable section of the original Route 66 remaining in Illinois.

The former Central Illinois Ice Co. building at 918 E. Edwards St. has a new owner from Springfield, though it is not yet known what the plans are for the property.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn counts down to the beginning of an Easter egg hunt as a crowd of children ready their baskets on the north lawn of the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, April, 11, 2009.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House wants silent reflection in public schools to be voluntary again.

Transportation improvements in Chatham and Sherman are still in the running for federal stimulus funding.

Curator Susan Haake leads a limited-edition tour that highlights the "secrets" of the Lincoln Home at the Lincoln Home Historic Site Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

Local road planners have given themselves a week to fit a $205 million wish list into a $4.7 million budget.

Sherman village trustees and the Williamsville School Board have approved an agreement officials say will raise an additional $3.4 million dollars for the school district.

Obama Warns Of Need For Stimulus Bill Right Away Says failure to act on an economic recovery package could plunge the nation into long-lasting recession that might prove irreversible.

Check ahead. Come to Springfield. It might not seem the jazziest of tourism slogans, but it is a bit of cautionary advice local tourism and convention officials felt was necessary this year after a perfect ...

Douglas Abts was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after a Friday afternoon crash in northwest suburban Bartlett that left three people hospitalized.

Village President Bill McCarty wants to expand Williamsville's downtown-improvement program to help new business owners pay a portion of their leases.

A senior citizen from Mississippi led Lincoln police on a wild chase through some of Lincoln's most prominent streets just after midnight Friday morning.