Sparta News

Pyrite, also called fools gold because of it's gold metalic hue is actually an iron sulfide, and when found where it has been exposed to the elements, is often rusty.

The dog had wandered away over the Christmas holiday from the group home for developmentally disabled in Belleville where it was living.

Georgia F. Ashby, 78, passed away Tuesday at 1:25 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at Carlinville Area Hospital.

My name is Nancy Miller.. my husband SSGT Jason Miller and my son Spc Ryan Gash are both serving in Afghanistan.. They are both in the same unit, different platoons... I am so proud to be an Army wife and momma!! I just want to tell them and the world that I love and miss them both very much!! They are with the 661st Engineer Company from Sparta ... (more)

Dare we say it? Merry Christmas almost seven weeks early! Signs of the season are already popping up everywhere, including inside St.