MARY JANE (DENTON) DIVINE

(WASHINGTON, INDIANA) The graveside funeral service for Mary Jane (Denton) Divine, age 65, of Washington, Indiana, will be held Friday afternoon, March 27, 2026, at 12:00 noon, at the Price […]

SUPPORT NEEDED FOR THE FFP ACT

(BLOOMINGTON) The Illinois Farm Bureau is urging members to voice their support for the Family Farm Preservation Act (FFPA) by contacting their county’s adopted lawmaker or other area lawmakers. The […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Supreme Court answered an appeals court question about whether the law regulating minimum wage has exclusions involving an employee being paid for prework activities. The ruling late […]

ROBERT JOSEPH “BOB” DALLMIER

(OBLONG, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Robert Joseph “Bob” Dallmier, age 70, of Oblong, Illinois, will be held Saturday afternoon, March 28, 2026, at 12:00 noon, at the Pulliam Funeral […]

RANDY D. SHELLY

(NEWTON, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Randy D. Shelly, age 58, of Newton, Illinois, will be held Friday afternoon, March 27, 2026, at 1:00, at the Crain Funeral Home in […]

RUTH THERESA (KOEBELE) JANSEN

(NEWTON, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Ruth Theresa (Koebele) Jansen, age 90, of Newton, Illinois, will be held Wednesday morning, March 25, 2026, at 11:00, at the St. Joseph Catholic […]

WEEKEND RESULTS (3/20-21/26)

(NEWTON) in High School Softball from Friday – Newton beat Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 11-0 The Lady Eagles outhit the visiting Lady Bobcats, 11 to 3 Emma Inyart was the winning pitcher, […]

WEEKEND RESULTS (3/20-21/26)

(NEWTON) in High School Baseball over the weekend –   Newton won two games to wrap up last week   the Eagles won their home opener Friday over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 11-0  Newton outhit the visiting […]

EAGLES WIN SEASON OPENER

(NEWTON) in Boys High School Tennis from last week – Newton won its season opening match over Robinson, 6-3 the Eagles won four of the six singles matches Brett Bower […]

OLNEY WINS THE ARMER INVITATIONAL

(CHAMPAIGN-URBANA) in Boys High School Track & Field on Saturday – the Olney Tigers won the 50-team Gene Armer Invitational in Champaign-Urbana Olney was crowned the invite champs by beating […]