4th of July Parade Grand Marshal Announced

The Village of Antioch is pleased to announce that Ainsley Wonderling has accepted the honor of leading the annual Independence Day Parade as the Grand Marshal on July 4, 2017.  As Antioch celebrates 125 years of incorporation this year, thousands of spectators will gather to take a trip through history with this year’s theme “Traveling…

Antioch Police Department reminds the community of fireworks laws

With the Independence Day holiday quickly approaching, the Antioch Police Department would like to remind the community of the state laws regarding fireworks, as well as offer a few safety tips and helpful website links. https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/sfm/Pages/default.aspx https://www2.illinois.gov/…/Documen…/OSFMFireworksPacket.pdf https://www2.illinois.gov/…/ApprovedAndProhibitedFireworks.…

Antioch Celebrates 125 years

The Village of Antioch is celebrating 125 years of incorporation this year.  Many organizations have come together to provide activities and events that will help Antioch celebrate this momentous occasion.  Please visit our webpage linked below to learn more.   125th Celebration

2017 Road Program Scheduled

Village staff has acknowledged several roads throughout the Village that are in need of resurfacing.  With funds available in 2017, staff has narrowed the road program improvements to 3.2 miles of selected roads, listed below.  Bids were publicly opened and awarded to Payne & Dolan, Inc by the Village Board.   Work is scheduled to…

4th of July Parade Applications Available

During 2017, the Village of Antioch will be celebrating our 125 Years of Incorporation and we are doing it in style. Our 2017 parade theme will coincide with the celebration and will be titled “Traveling through the Generations”. This year’s parade will be broken into five (5) distinct generational divides and we are asking each…

Antioch’s First School

Old school records indicate a frequent turnover in the staff, so the position evidently was perceived as temporary and often was awarded to whoever was available. Sometimes the teacher was as young or even younger than the students. Addie Rector Williams was only fourteen when she began teaching at Channel Lake School. She subsequently resumed…