Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

By Kelly Costa During Monday night’s city council meeting, the council approved Trick-or-Treat days and hours in Staunton on Oct. 30 and 31 from dusk to 9 p.m. on both nights. The council also...

St. Michael’s parish in Staunton will host their Chicken Dinner and Country Store from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parish gymnasium, 419 E. Main Street in Staunton on Sunday, Oct. 2. The dinner menu...

Zion Lutheran Church, 1301 N. State Street in Litchfield, will have their rummage sale on Friday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. A $3 bag sale will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 8 to 11 a.m....

A limited number of spots are still available for the Take Charge of Your Diabetes Workshop that will begin at the Ralph and Josephine Oltmann Community Center in Staunton on Thursday, Sept. 29....

Livingston/Williamson Fire Department will be holding their annual pork steak dinner on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (while supplies last). You are invited to come on out to the...

Reservations for Benld Nutrition Center must be made by 1 p.m. on the day prior to the day you wish to eat. If you have made reservations and cannot attend, please notify the center. To register for...

Nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds, according to the World Health Organization. In addition, for each completed suicide, there are more than 20...

Sept. 30 - School Improvement Day (12:30 .m. dismissal) Oct. 10 - No School, Columbus Day Oct. 14 - End of First Quarter Nov. 8 - No School - Election Day Nov. 9 & 10 - 2 p.m. Dismissal - District...

After a loss to Breese Mater Dei on Sept. 13, the Lady Bulldogs got back on their winning streak, winning at Pana and at Vandalia. Staunton defeated the Pana Panthers 2-0 in sets of 25-12 and 25-13...

The Staunton Country Club Women's Thursday League had a beautiful fall day for golfing. We will continue our league through Thursday, Oct. 12. The low gross was the team of Sue Stiegemeier and...

Concordia Tuesday Night Men R & B's 21 JM Power Washing Svcs 10 Split Happens 6 The Finishers 5 Tim Copeland, 256, 246, 211 & 713; R &B's, 932 & 2720; Dillon Bertels, 246 & 620; Darren Ott, 208 &...

The boys and girls golf teams both won their Senior Night games on Monday, Sept. 19, at Timber Lakes. There are still games left on their schedule, however this was the last home game for the...

Thursday, Oct. 25, 1990 -- Firemen To Host New Years Dance -- The Staunton Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a New Years Eve Dance and Party. Music for dancing will be provided by...

Issue of Sept. 25, 1997 Tom and JoLynn Trettenero celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Sept. 23. A son was born to Jeff and Leslie (Henehan) Gusewelle on Sept. 15. Henry “Hank” Michael...

Reinhard John Schuster,79, Staunton, Ill., died Thursday, Sept. 22, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. He was born on July 16, 1943, in Romania, the son of the late Johann and Susanna... Full story

Helen Irene McKechan, 96, of Gillespie, Ill., died in St. Peters, Mo., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. She was born March 8, 1926, in Benld to Sylvester and Julia (Onesky) Koschak. She married John B.... Full story

Dorothy M. Bertagnolli, nee Bahn, 96, of Highland, Ind., formerly of Staunton, Ill., died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. She was a daughter of the late Joseph and Gertrude Bahn of Staunton. She married... Full story