Area News Highlights
MTZ girls soccer completes season sweep of Charleston
Maddy Kuiters and her mom walking down during the 2024 Mt. Zion girls soccer senior night as Athletic Director Rob Prange and Head Coach Jonathan Moore applaud in the background. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer McKenzier Krieger netted two goals and an assist and Chloe Kuncl’s five saves propels the Braves to a 4-2 win…
Read MoreK-9 Kato retires after 7 years of service
Piatt County Sgt. Steven Williams and Kato. Photo courtesy of Piatt County Sheriffs Department By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer After seven years of service to the Piatt County Sheriff’s Department PCSO K-9 Kato has retired and will be adopted by his handler Sgt. Stewart Williams. “It was always my intention once I got Kato even…
Read MoreALAH SENIOR PROM COURT
ALAH SENIOR PROM COURT. “Shining Just for You” is the theme for the 2024 Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Junior-Senior prom to be held Saturday, May 4 at Penn Station. The coronation at 8:15 p.m. is open to the public. Pictured are Prom Court students (first row) Landon Waldrop and Lucy Wilber, (second row) Garret Casteel…
Read MoreMt. Zion Chamber of Commerce holds 2023 Awards Banquet
Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Winners. Pictured from left to right: Ellie F. Fritsche and Dylan J. B. Thunder; not shown were Maddie J. Akers and Lyndsey R. Barnett who were on their band trip to New York City. 2024 Mt. Zion Chamber Scholarships Awarded (Mt. Zion, IL) The Mt. Zion Chamber of Commerce…
Read MoreALAH Future Educators Club
ARTHUR LOVINGTON ATWOOD HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL received a $1,000 grant this week from the Regional Office of Education. Ginger Voegel and April Hart applied for the grant to begin a Future Educators Club, which will begin in the fall. Pictured are, front row, left to right: Chloe Shable, Kendall Burdick, Kaylee Thompson and Hannah Carter.…
Read MoreHigh School Knights Track & Field-Boys Third, Girls-4th in Weather Shortened Tri-County Meet
ALAH sophomore Dalilah Mendoza goes over the last hurdle in the lead of her heat in the 100 meter hurdles at the Tri-County meet at Sullivan last week. Dalilah ran a 21.22 in the race. By SALLY McCARTHY Staff Writer The ALAH high school boys and girls track and field teams placed third and fourth…
Read MoreALAH softball tops Tri-County 9-3, now 5-1 in LPC
ALAH right fielder Karaline Vanausdoll crosses home plate with the winning run in the exciting finish of the Knights home game with Blue Ridge on Monday, April 15. ALAH had a 6-4 lead going into the seventh but the visiting Knights scored two runs after two outs to tie the game. But Anna Rawlins sent…
Read MoreJr. High Knights Track & Field Host Weather Shortened Triangular
Jase Kingery goes over a hurdle in the seventh grade 110 meter hurdle race at the ALAH jr. high home meet last Thursday. Jase also took third place in the 400 with a time of 1:13.2 and ran a leg on the second place seventh grade 4 X 2 relay. By SALLY McCARTHY Staff Writer…
Read MoreKnights High School Track and Field Compete at 38th Annual Tuscola Open
Knights freshman Morgan Casteel is at the head of the pack of runners near the end of the first lap of the 800 meter run at the annual Tuscola Open last week. Morgan battled the Tuscola girl to the end but finished in third with a PR time of 2:37.98. By SALLY McCARTHY Staff Writer…
Read MoreKnights 7th Grade Boys Win Arcola JH Invite
Knights seventh grader Donovan Vanausdoll lets the discus fly at the Arcola JH Invite last Saturday. Donovan continued his win streak with a first place in the discus at 115’ 8” and also in the shot put with a toss of 33’ 4.5”. By SALLY McCARTHY Staff Writer The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond seventh grade…
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