SBL Cheers! set for March 7
The annual Cheers! event is once again offering a fun night to attendees, while raising funds to support the SBL Volunteer Guild Scholarship Program. Beginning at 6 pm on Saturday, March 7, at The Foxmore in Shelbyville, the event will offer attendees a cocktail party with live music. Funds raised from Cheers! will support the…
Read MoreArthur Home & Garden Expo returns March 13–14
The annual Arthur Home & Garden Expo will return Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14, at the Otto Center, located one-half mile south of Arthur. The event will feature more than 60 vendors showcasing home and garden products, services, and innovations. Expo hours are Friday, March 13, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and…
Read MoreTaxpayers could be on the hook for millions in cleanup costs from oil and gas wells
Study finds thousands of unplugged wells in Illinois pose health and financial risks By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD — Anyone who has driven the back roads of southern and central Illinois is familiar with the sight of the oil pumpjacks that dot the landscape. Decades ago, it was common to see those…
Read MoreThree-pointer just short in Arcola boys loss to OV; third quarter costs AHS in regional
By Mike Monahan ARCOLA – Monday in the Class 1A regional quarterfinals at Nancy Stiff Gymnasium Arcola looked to avenge an earlier 47-43 loss to Heritage and it started out well for the Purple Riders as they led 10-6 after the first eight minutes and trailed just 25-22 with 6:17 left in third quarter. However,…
Read MoreALAH boys basketball snaps seven game losing streak; eliminated by Cumberland
By Mike Monahan TOLEDO – Cumberland, a former Lincoln Prairie Conference team in its first year in the National Trail Conference, (with the exception of football) ended the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond boys basketball team’s season 77-37 Monday in the IHSA Class 1A Casey-Westfield Regional. Prior to that the Knights picked a great time to…
Read MoreTuscola graduate Jackson Barrett shining in classroom and cross country at UI
By Daniel L. Chamness Tuscola graduate Jackson Barrett, now a cross country athlete at University of Illinois, is on a path to get bigger, stronger and faster. Which will make him better on the cross country course. In the classroom, the sophomore, academically, is close to perfect. He showed last semester, when he achieved a…
Read MoreArthur School Board launches superintendent search, reviews new facility plans, and approves future calendars
The Arthur Community Unit School District 305 Board of Education took major steps toward the district’s future during its Feb. 18 meeting, including approving the hiring of a search firm to begin the process of selecting the district’s next superintendent, reviewing schematic designs for a major building project, and approving school calendars for the next…
Read MoreHopkins, Calvillo, and Cherry crowned 2026 A.L.A.H. royalty
The 2026 Miss A.L.A.H. pageant, sponsored by the Arthur Area Association of Commerce and the Atwood Chamber of Commerce, was held Saturday, Feb. 21 at Penn Station in downtown Arthur. Winning the title of 2026 Miss A.L.A.H. was Adyson Hopkins. Hopkins is 17 years of age and the daughter of Mike Hopkins and Kimberly Cusick…
Read MoreCity seeks to continue electric rate program
By David Porter Tuscola Mayor Dan Kleiss on Monday addressed a police action on the Love’s parking lot that drew a lot of social media attention. Police boxed in a car where a man reportedly was threatening self-harm. He rammed one of the police cars with his vehicle, but no city or county officers were…
Read MoreCity buys 5 acres for residential project
By David Porter Last Tuesday, the Arcola City Council voted to purchase 5 acres of land for a potential housing development. Bill Wagoner, city administrator, said the city hopes to buy another 5 acres of the 20-acre tract on the city’s southwest corner. The price was $30,000 per acre from Five Fish Farms, LLC, owned…
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