Altamont’s tax rate for 2025-26 is set to increase 2.25 percent, from about $2.20 per $1,000 of assessed value to $2.25 per $1,000. The corresponding tax levy will increase from $329,271 to $338,976.

With warmer temperatures finally appearing to be consistent here in the metro, local kids got out to the baseball field and ...

Altamont and Neoga high schools use the “Indians” nickname and would be affected by a bill that passed the Illinois House on Thursday that would ban Native American nicknames. “We feel like our ...

Three hundred and twenty-three pitches thrown. Twenty innings. Fifty-two strikeouts. Two runs. In other terms, a pitcher's duel. That was what the Altamont and Teutopolis softball game was on Thursday ...

The oval at the Altamont fairgrounds has seen a lot of uses and a lot of thrills. From its first harness horse race in 1893 to the beginning of its automobile racing in 1910, the competition has ...