ALAH Junior High Girls Track and Field Close Home Season with Tuscola
In the eighth grade long jump competition, ALAH’s Bentley Parsons leaps into the long jump pit at the last home jr. high meet of the season with Tuscola on April 23. This was Bentley’s first long jump competition and she took second place with a jump of 12’ 7.5”. Bentley also won the 200 meters…
Read MoreALAH 8th Grade Girls Earn Second Place Trophy at annual Arcola JH Invite!
The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond eighth grade girls’ track and field team scored 70 points and tied with the host team Arcola at the annual Arcola JH Invite on Saturday, April 25. Knights’ eighth grader Jennifer Plank is pictured here with the trophy and her Head Coach Austin Romine and Assistant Coach Mackenzie Rocke. Jennifer…
Read MoreALAH Eighth Grade Boys Track and Field Close Home Season with a Win
The ALAH jr. high boys’ track and field team held their last home meet of the 2026 season on Thursday, April 23. The meet was a dual with the Tuscola East Prairie Hornets. In the seventh grade discus, Donovan Graham gets ready to release the discus. His best throw in the competition was 43’ 7”.…
Read MoreKnights’ 7th Grade Boys Capture Team Championship at Arcola JH Invite!!!
On Saturday, April 25, the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond seventh grade boys’ track and field team scored 94 points to take first place in the team standings at the annual Arcola JH Invite. Pictured here with the trophy at the end of the meet from left to right are Assistant Coach Faezah Parsa, Jamison Helmuth,…
Read MoreLate Homer Lifts Morton Past Mt. Zion; Braves Split Week
A late swing of the bat proved costly for the Mt. Zion Braves on Friday, as Morton used a seventh-inning home run to secure a 7-5 victory in a game the Braves battled to the end. Mt. Zion erased a deficit and tied the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning when…
Read MoreRotz, Ethell Power Mt. Zion Through Busy Week
The Mt. Zion Braves softball team put together an explosive stretch at the plate, winning six of eight games over a busy week highlighted by dominant offensive performances and clutch hitting throughout the lineup. Mt. Zion ended Saturday with a statement win, rolling past Olympia 13-1 behind a huge day from Addison Rotz. Rotz blasted…
Read MoreShaffer walks it off for CGB softball
By Mike Monahan CERRO GORDO – Arcola jumped out to a 3-0 lead over Cerro Gordo/Bement Thursday in a Lincoln Prairie Conference softball game and the Lady Riders led 4-1 after two and a half innings. The Broncos scored the last five runs and won on a single by Ramie Shaffer. CGB lost to Argenta-Oreana…
Read MoreCerro Gordo baseball holds off Sullivan snaps 15-game losing streak
By Mike Monahan SULLIVAN – It had been awhile, in fact since a 14-2 win over Blue Ridge on May 1, 2025 that the Cerro Gordo/Bement baseball team won. The Broncos won its first game of the season last Thursday 9-8 over Sullivan in a Lincoln Prairie Conference game. The victory snapped a 15-game losing…
Read MoreMt. Zion Chamber of Commerce 2025 Awards, 2026 Milestones Awards and Mt. Zion Chamber Scholarships Announced at Banquet
Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce 2026 Scholarship winners are: Eleanor M. Short, Davenport University, Nursing; Carter J. Vance, U of I Champaign/Urbana, Civil Engineering; Abbey F. Kupish, SIU Edwardsville, Communication Science & Disorders. The Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce held their 2026 Awards Banquet on April 23, 2026 at the Mt. Zion Convention Center. Mi…
Read MoreCamen Marshall Diener
Camen Marshall Diener, 38, of Manchester, Tennessee, passed from this life on April 7, 2026. He was born on May 31, 1987, in Great Falls, Montana, to Lonnie Diener (Connie) of Manchester, Tennessee, and Stacey L. Walker of Mulberry, Indiana. Camen is survived by his loving parents, Lonnie and Connie Diener; his mother, Stacey Walker;…
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