METAMORA — Metamora Grade School Superintendent Marty Payne sees the positive role his staff plays in the lives of students.
"I’m blessed to have this staff to work with, as they are...

DeWayne Bartels was posthumously awarded two first-place plaques at the annual Illinois Press Association awards ceremony.
Bartels, the former editor of the East Peoria Times-Courier, won in Division B in both original column and headline writing.

All-Mid-Illini Conference members have been announced for spring sports.

The 2012-13 school year is over and the Metamora Redbirds sit atop the Mid-Illini Conference.

While the team may have finished the State run May 23-25, the team had one last tournament to take on.

SPRINGFIELD -- An unusual surge in tax collections coming into the state in April allowed Illinois to make substantial payments to a number of vendors, including social-service agencies, but the state comptroller is warning officials not to get...

After making history, the Metamora baseball team's 2013 season came to an end.

METAMORA — The Village Board encountered resident complaints at its June 4 meeting in regards to a remote parking ordinance passed at the May 21 board meeting.
The ordinance states that no one...

METAMORA — Every first and third Tuesday of the month, former Metamora Village Clerk Connie Neahring would enter the Village Hall grinning from ear to ear.
Residents, as well as the Metamora...

METAMORA — As the general manager, Ellen Kennel said she wants to make one thing clear: Didley’s Car Hop in Metamora is not closing.
However, Didley’s will start to lose some...

Every ride has an end and the Lady Redbirds reached the end of the ride that was the 2013 season.