Parade Applications Available

Applications are now available for the annual Easter Parade to be held on Saturday, March 31, 2018, and the Independence Day Parade to be held July 4, 2018.  Please click below to download an application. – Application Deadline:  Tuesday, March 20 at 5pm.  – Application Deadline:  Friday, June 15 at 5pm. Applications can also be…

2018 Pool Passes on Sale November 6, 2017

Antioch Aqua Center The Village of Antioch Aqua Center was built in 2013.  The Aqua Center features a two-story waterslide, vortex whirlpool, zero depth entry, lap lanes, kids play structure, and diving board. The pool is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day annually.  There specific times for parent-tot swim, open lap swimming, and water…

K-9 Grant Program

Antioch Police Department Competes for $5,000 Grant The Village of Antioch Police Department is currently entered into a nationwide grant competition sponsored by Aftermath Services. Officer Chad McCameron and K9 Hank are asking for votes to help win the top prize: a $5,000 grant.  The Aftermath K9 Grant will be awarded to five departments that…

Police Department Media Release

Media Release September 18, 2017 Antioch, IL- On September 14, 2017, an off-duty Antioch Police Officer was returning to Antioch from training while driving a police vehicle. Around 5:00pm he noticed that a silver vehicle appeared to be following him. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as 68 year old David L. Larsen, of…

Police Department Media Release

On Sunday evening shortly before 8:00pm, Antioch Police responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash at the intersection of North Avenue and Nelson Road, which resulted in the death of 57 year old man from unincorporated Antioch. The preliminary investigation shows the motorcycle was traveling southbound on Nelson Road, and for reasons not yet determined,…

History of Antioch – Part 2

The Town of Antioch It’s First Hundred Years 1837 – 1937 By: Roberta Selter Knirsch Published by the Trustees of the Antioch Township Library in observance of The Town Sesquicentennial 1987 Part Two. In February 1838, Thomas Warner returned, bringing with him his wife and at least seven of his ten children. They, too, moved…