Action was again on the light side at the Auburn city council’s regular meeting held Tuesday, September 3. Though not on the agenda, discussion of the Redbud Park property and the city’s park tax  occupied nearly an hour of the two hour, 20 minute meeting. Former mayor and alderman Barb Stam…

The Auburn School Board voted (5-0, Norris and Kessler absent) to approve the FY 20 tentative budget during its regular meeting Wednesday night.

A public hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 4 for discussion of the City of Auburn’s proposed $4.6 million water main infrastructure improvement project.

Auburn High School will have an official enrollment of 391 for the next two sports seasons, following the release of next year’s enrollments by the Illinois High School Association. The IHSA has altered its enrollment policy for the start of the current school year and will now use a school’…

The Auburn School District administration released a public statement Monday morning regarding a video that had gone viral on social media last week, showing two local youths making racist statements.

Auburn Middle School will hold an open house Thursday, August 15 from 5 to 6 p.m. 

The Auburn/Chatham Unit of the Sangamon County Association for Home and Community Education (formerly Home Extension) is pleased to announce the donation of $300 each to the Auburn High School freshman English class for purchase of new books and to the North Mac School Foundation.

A city-wide clean-up day, the upcoming Labor Day Picnic and the future of Redbud Park were among the topics of interest at Monday’s Auburn city council meeting.

Auburn Cemetery is in need of volunteers who are willing to help with raking yard waste and placing the clippings into the cemetery cart. The cart will be emptied by the cemetery caretaker. Volunteers are asked to bring their own weed eater, rake, gloves, hand mower, etc.

The Auburn Music Boosters are selling Trojan Wear online.  Men’s and women’s t-shirts, sleeve-less tees, jackets, shorts and hats are available. 

The need for a stop sign at Kessler and Divernon Rd. was discussed by the Auburn School Board among other topics during a brief, regular meeting last Wednesday.

Auburn and Divernon students will be back in school before you know it. Monday, August 19 will be the first day of the 2019-20 school year.

Katelyn Gonterman, a junior at Aurora University, was honored with selection as a 2018-19 Scholar Athlete by the Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference.

The Auburn city council voted to proceed with a pilot study of a new gas and water meter system at Monday’s two-hour regular meeting.

The Kare 9 Dinah Military Ministry is hosting a 22 Dinner Monday, July 22 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn. The free dinner will start at 6 p.m.

The Auburn city council handled a busy agenda at Monday’s 100 minute regular meeting. Among the action items were approval of plans to hold an electronic recycling day in September and to further upgrade the security system at the city office.

Four area students were members of the Class of 2019 at Southeast Missouri State University, and all four graduated with honors.

The Auburn High School Class of 1967 is planning a 70th birthday bash for Saturday, July 13 starting with a get-together at Benderz on the square from 2 to 4 p.m.

During the regular meeting of the Auburn School Board last Wednesday, high school principal Nathan Essex said the board may want to think about eliminating the graduation designations of valedictorian and salutatorian, possibly with the 2023 graduating class if the board decides to go in tha…

During a lengthy city council meeting Monday, Auburn Mayor Tom Berola said the city needs to formalize the way it handles the bidding process for contracts for city work. The initiative was tabled for more discussion during the administration committee meeting Wednesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. Th…

Backyard chickens may be an option in nearby Virden and Thayer, as well as in Springfield and Jacksonville. But it appears it is an ownership perk that won’t be occurring in Auburn at this time.

Auburn resident Jessica Lance is not going to let a decision by the Auburn City Council deter her efforts to get backyard chickens legal.

D.J. Donaldson was the class Valedictorian and Jenna Cline and Katie Tanner were co-Salutatorians as graduation ceremonies for the Auburn High School Class of 2019 were held Friday at Sangamon Auditorium at UIS.

section of Route 4 and Route 104 still need to be completed, but at least one alderman is concerned that signage may be required to cut down on potential driving hazards when street lights are eventually put in place.

Auburn Mayor Tom Berola recently delegated committee assignments.

John Edie, the Auburn’s sewer plant operator, addressed the Council about sewer plant infiltration at Monday’s City Council meeting.

The Auburn Ministerial Alliance invites the public to the 2019 Auburn High Baccalaureate service, to be held Sunday, May 19 at 6 p.m. at the Auburn United Methodist Church.

Winners of the April 2 Auburn School Board election were proclaimed and new officers elected at a brief special meeting held Wednesday, April 24.

Please join the Auburn Post Office employees by participating in “Stamp Out Hunger,” the nation’s largest single-day food drive Saturday, May 11.

Auburn High School Principal Nathan Essex told the Auburn School Board at its regular meeting last Wednesday that the high school schedule next year will include traditional study halls throughout the day instead of the school-wide advisory period.

Monday night Alderman Tracy Sheppard provided an updated on the April 10 zoning board meeting,

A significant leak at 720 East Jackson Street resulted in the loss of more than 1.9 million gallons of water and a bill of $22,005.83. That amount was later reduced to $16,295.33 in mid-March and changed to $9,709.22 after the Council voted in favor of selling the water at the city’s cost.

The Auburn Food Pantry, located in Holy Cross Parish Church, is in need of non-perishable food items, personal hygiene items and  paper products as well as monetary donations.

While there is no question about the outcome of the election in Auburn Ward IV, Ward II is a different matter.

A water main replacement project for the City of Auburn will not start until 2020 and the work will now be done in two phases, according to Alderman Rod Johnson.

The Auburn School Board continued discussion concerning adding an agriculture program and starting an FFA chapter though no action was taken during the regular meeting last Wednesday night.

Candidates placing election signage on city property have been encouraged not to do so.

Four Auburn High School students were named Students of the Month at the Capital Area Career Center for February. 

Kim Martin’s third hour math class at Auburn Junior High School used a recent lesson on money and budgeting as an opportunity for the entire school to raise funds for both the Auburn Helping Hands and Divernon Hands for Hope organizations.

The prices for graves and openings at Auburn Cemetery located on Kennedy Road will be increased starting July 1, 2019.

It’s not very often that a potential business brings a plan to the Auburn City Council, so perhaps the enthusiasm and excitement from aldermen and those affiliated with the Economic Development Committee could be excused at Monday’s Auburn City Council meeting.

Auburn High School Theater Company returns March 15-16 with “Grease.” This popular 1950’s era musical will have you singing along with music, lyrics, and book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.