The host Cobden High School softball team lost 5-2 to Pope County in the Class 1A softball regional championship game Saturday, May 19.
Former Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball player Haley Inman closed out the regular season for the University of Illinois Springfield softball team with a .344 batting average.
The U of I Springfield team finished the season with a 40-19 overall record. It was a school record for wins...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball team lost 10-5 to West Frankfort in first-round action at the Class 2A softball regional at Vienna Wednesday, May 16.
Alexa Macy was 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the Lady Wildcats. Morgan Wendling was 2-for-4 with a home run. Tobie Treece was 2-for...
Coach Ron’s Basketball 101 Camp is scheduled June 18-21 at the Jonesboro Grade School. The school is located on Cook Street in Jonesboro.
The 2018 camp is scheduled to feature 1996 Olympic high jumper Cameron Wright.
Students who are eligible for the camp are those who will be entering 2nd grade...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s Julia Lasley finished in 10th place in the pole vault at the Class 2A state girls’ track meet at Charleston Thursday, May 17.
Lasley, who earlier set a record in the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference meet in the pole vault, finished with a 10-6...
A Memorial Day weekend celebration is planned at the Thebes Historical Courthouse on Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27.
Activities are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
A community worship service is planned at 10 a.m. Sunday at the courthouse. Jimmie Monahan, the pastor of Apostolic...
Lick Creek, Shawnee and Century competed in a close track meet at Shawnee Elementary School in Wolf Lake.
After cancellations in 2016 and 2017 due to rain, the event took place Friday, May 11.
Lick Creek won the event over Century 85-78. Shawnee finished in a respectable third place with 65 points...
Special events are planned in the region to commemorate Memorial Day.
Memorial Day will be observed on Monday, May 28.
Mound City National Cemetery
A Memorial Day service is planned Saturday, May 25, at the Mound City National Cemetery.
The service, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., is being...
The host Cobden High School softball team lost 5-2 to Pope County in the Class 1A softball regional championship game Saturday, May 19.
Lauren Sweitzer was 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Appleknockers. Meredith Flamm was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Aubrey Fisher was 1-for-1 with a stolen base. Brook...
The Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT, and Illinois State Police, ISP, were teaming up with more than 160 law enforcement agencies throughout the state in the national Border to Border mobilization.
The goal of Border to Border was to send a unified message that riding or driving without...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School baseball team won the Class 2A regional at Johnston City Saturday, May 19.
A-J defeated Fairfield for the regional championship.
A-J 9, Fairfield 0: Bryce Osman fired a two-hitter to lead A-J to the championship. He logged 2 walks and 12 strikeouts.
Ross...
Obituaries
Dorian “Pinky” Buckley, 72, of Jonesboro, and formerly of Chicago, died at 2:05 a.m. on May 19, 2018, at Integrity Healthcare Center in Anna.
He was born on Nov. 20, 1945, in Muskegon, Mich., the son of Joseph and Doris Wilson Buckley.
He married Laura Grubbe on June 5, 1971. She preceded him in...
Victor Lechtenberger, 73, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at his home.
He was born on Oct. 30, 1944, in Clarinda, Iowa, the son of Merle Victor Sr. and Vesper Zepher (Farrens) Lechtenberger.
He married Ethel Mixen on Dec. 2, 1975.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel Lechtenberger of...
Barbara Ann Ferrill (Wilson) of Topeka, Kan., age 80, passed away on May 9, 2018, at Midland Hospice House of Topeka.
She was born on Jan. 19, 1938, in Anna, the daughter of Everett and Helen Wilson and had two siblings: Trelby Wilson (deceased) and Connie Kessler (Wilson) of Tallahassee, Fla....
James Foster, 84, of Anna, died Sunday, May 20, 2018, at his home.
He was born on Dec. 17, 1933, in Wolf Lake, the son of George and Edith L. Rhodes Foster.
He married Maxine Burleson on Oct. 7, 1955, in Waco, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Maxine Foster of Anna; a son, Terry (Denise) Foster...
Josephine Elizabeth “Betty” Renzaglia passed away with grace and dignity in her home surrounded by her family on May 12, 2018.
Betty was born in LaPorte, Saskatchewan, Canada on June 22, 1921, the daughter of Arnold Michael and Adella Anna Guidinger.
She had two older brothers, Conrad and Ambrose...
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Former Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball player Haley Inman closed out the regular season for the University of Illinois Springfield softball team with a .344 batting average.
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