The Monticello Police Department has announced they found a missing teenager. Police Chief Robert Bross said Tristen R. Percival was last seen at 10 p.m. Thursday around the Piatt County Nursing Home ...

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 — A substantial lead gift from Joan and Peter Hood will help “get the ball rolling” on improvements in Allerton Park and Retreat Center’s Artisan Village. Their donation will support ...

MANSFIELD — No need to sell Deena Carico on the attractive aspects of small-town living. She’s a believer. Despite growing up in the “big city” (Champaign), Carico wanted a slower pace when she got ...

Good teams can count on multiple players. Just look at the Monticello baseball team. The Sages have won games in a variety of ways this season — superb pitching, big offensive performances, capable ...

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 ...

Jade Glauner, Maggie McCabe, Tyler Olsen, and Linus Strand directing “Bad Auditions by Bad Actors” and “How to Get Away with a Murder Mystery” was a rewarding challenge. “It’s incredibly fun to see ...

Winning an Illini Prairie Conference regular-season title in softball would deliver quite the statement. Kind of like the one Monticello delivered this past Thursday. The Sages relied on a big home ...

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 ...