WHAT'S NEW ON THE WEBSITE
We will be happy to post any local announcements if you will send them to us. E-mail is preferable at this address, but we will also accept snail mailed announcements. If you are sending something to us by e-mail, please send the announcement like you would like it to be posted. We will just cut and paste it from your e-mail letter to the announcement page. If you wish to send it to us by snail mail, send it to Illiopolis.com P.O. Box 300 Illiopolis IL 62539. A name and phone number of the person submitting the information is required to have it posted, No exceptions will be made.
12-12-2020 Added a Public Notice Link to The Sentinel home page for all public notices published in The Sentinel
3-19-2020 Added Coronavirus Dashboard to Announcements page
2-16-2019 The local cemetery links are back up and working as well as a new one I have added. I also repaired some in the school pages and other various links. If you find any others incorrect or not working please let us know.
6-18-2015 Added a link on the Government Links tab for County Governments across the U.S.
2-14-2015 Added a page for local FaceBook pages
12-10-2013 Added more links to the Local Links Tab for information on Illinois Colleges and Universities
5-30-2013 I added a link for a proposed bicycle and pedestrian plan for Rural Sangamon Country to the announcements page.
1-24-203 I added a link for Village Board meeting minutes to the Village Hall page.
1-12-2013 I added a link under the local links tab for a comprehensive and informative resource that systematically sorts out all the available PhD programs available today in the U.S. I think this information is very valuable to students today who are not only dealing with the competitive nature of higher education, but also the rising costs of it. I also added a link for a listing by State of all the Universities and Colleges.
4-3-2012 I have added a link for Local Area Deaths on the Community Announcements Page.
2-17-2012 Have completed most of the updates for now. Plan to work on some of the other pages at later dates. The planned changes are just cosmetic at this point unless I find broken links or viewers give me input on other content that I decide to ad. I will probably add another guest book and counter at some point when I find a good free one.
2-12-2012 We are in the process of doing some computer & software updates. When all this is complete I plan to make some changes to this website. Some of the things that are currently on the site no longer work and some will be going out of service soon. I would welcome any input on what content you would like to see added to the site and any information on links that are already on it that have quit working or go to something other than expected. I would like to know what page you found the bad link on as there are so many to look through. If you know of a website that has information that would go along with something on this site, send me the link and I can add it to this site
1-26-2012 Have fixed our site so I can update it now. We were having problems and think it is all worked out now.
9-6-2010 I have added a link for the Sangamon County Rural Transportation Information & Survey website to the government links on the Menu list.
3-30-2010 Added a post for the 2010 Census Participation Rate for Illinois to the welcome page. Updated some of the general information on other existing pages.
11-27-2009 Added a Calendar of Events page for the Illiopolis Business Association. Links are on the Menu and the members page. Click here to see page
11-15-2009 Started updating the events page, business person of the year and various changes to other pages.
4-22-2008 Illinois Earthquake history was added to the history pages, updated the Business Person of the Year page and the 2008 car cruise page.
2-9-2008 Added Local Utility Providers to The Local Government & Services Page
12-9-2007 Updated the Fifth Street Merchants Mini-Mall Shops under the Members page. Click Here
11-15-2007 A link for the Sangamon County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan was added under local government on the Village of Illiopolis page. Click here to view
10-9-2007 Added an article from the Illinois times Nov. 26, 1976 publication about Ghosts of the Bomb Factory. Click here to see article
7-23-2007 Added Community Events Link to the Menu. Started with the annual car cruise. Dinners and such will still be listed under community announcements.
3-14-2007 Added a sports collectibles website link to the sports links page under useful links.
3-7-2007 Chemical Safety Board issued final report on the April 23, 2004 Formosa Plastics Explosion in Illiopolis. Click on the following link to see a video explaining their findings. Then click launch presentation. http://events.powerstream.net/002/00174/Player/?contid=Formosa_Illiopolis_Illinois This link is also on the Formosa Page of this site. Click here to see page
1-12-2007 All links on all pages were checked and removed or repaired. If you find any that don't work please let us know so we can correct them.
1-7-2007 The history pages have been updated with the Sesquicentennial Celebration and the 2006 Ice Storm. The Fire Department page is updated along with local business pages and the meeting page for the local organizations.
5/1/2006 This Site was moved from the free host to a paid host so we could stop the advertising that was added on the free site.
05-05-05 A new EPA fact sheet has been posted on the Formosa Plant News page.
With the consolidation of Illiopolis Schools and Niantic-Harristown Schools, a new SANGAMON VALLEY C.U.S.D. page has been added to provide school information while the new school district website is under construction.
A "FORMOSA PLASTICS ILLIOPOLIS PLANT NEWS UPDATE" has been added to the main menu. We will be posting fact sheets and other information as it becomes available to us.
A ticker was added to the welcome page for the Amber Alert announcements