The Monticello Police Department has announced they found a missing teenager. Police Chief Robert Bross said Tristen R.

Police Chief Robert Bross said Tristen R. Percival was last seen at 10 p.m. Thursday around the Piatt County Nursing Home.

ATWOOD — The Atwood Police Department will add a four-legged police “officer” after the village board Monday approved a K-9 unit. Chief Joe Duncan said the board voted unanimously for the addition.

The wins keep adding up for the Monticello girls’ soccer program. Again. The Sages are once again proving they’re one of the area’s best on the pitch in the spring, with Monticello carrying a ...

Monticello 8, Lincoln 2. Three hits — including a double — from Colton Vance helped the Sages (7-1-1) collect a road win against the Railsplitters in a ...

Dustin Yocum wants residents of Monticello to know how lucky they are. Yocum, who is directing the Monticello Theatre Association’s production of “Misery”, says having a theatre like the MTA something ...

The Monticello City Council has adopted its appropriation ordinance, which must be passed during the first quarter of each fiscal year. The appropriation ordinance serves as the City’s legal spending ...

Piatt County Habitat for Humanity invites the community to join us in breaking ground for the 2025 home build. The groundbreaking will take place on April 26 at 10 AM at 848 N. Walnut St. in ...

Ruth Ann Clifton, 83, of Monticello, passed away at 4:50 p.m., Sunday, April 13, 2025, at the Piatt County Nursing Home, Monticello. Ruth Ann was born on January 25, 1942, in Taylorville, IL. She was ...

Big invitationals are the norm on the high school track and field schedule. Both Monticello programs took part in a pair of them this past week, with the Sages’ boys’ team hosting its own 15-team ...