The Nauvoo Fire Protection District (NFPD) Board of Trustees convened for its monthly meeting at the Nauvoo Fire Station Thursday evening, Dec. 19. The meeting began at 6:30 p.m.
It’s time to form teams for the After Christmas Trivia Night fundraiser to be held on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at the First Baptist Church in Carthage. Doors open at 6 p.m. and trivia begins at …
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Leonard are celebrating 70 years of marriage on Dec. 26, 2024. They were married Dec. 26, 1954, at Colusa United Methodist Church of Colusa. They are the parents of Dr. …
Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 82,496 deer during the seven-day 2024 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 8. Comparatively, hunters harvested 76,494 deer during th…
A total of 1,083 undergraduate students enrolled at Western Illinois University were named to the fall dean’s list for 2024. The total includes 112 students at the WIU-Quad Cities Campus.
Local & Social
The Illini West girls opened a girl/boy doubleheader against Clark County on Friday, Dec. 20, with an easy 55-21 victory.
The West Hancock boys basketball team matched up with the No. 1 team in Class 2A, Peoria Manual, on Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Great Western Shootout and the Rams prevailed 70-57.
West Hancock hosted Western in boys basketball action on Friday, Dec. 20, and posted a 59-35 home win at Warsaw.
The West Hancock boys basketball team traveled to Rushville on Friday, Dec. 13, and came away with a huge 88-36 road win.
Central Southeastern (CSE) hosted Monmouth-Roseville Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, at Southeastern High School and posted a 65-47 win.
Recent Obituaries
The following is a report from the office of the Hancock County State’s Attorney, for the Hancock County Circuit Court from Sept. 16 through Nov. 14 (all fines include court costs):
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An endangered pygmy hippo has been born at a Virginia zoo. The yet-unnamed female was born Dec. 9 at Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia. This is the parent's second calf to arrive right before the holidays.
Our Christmas tree that year was a spindly scrap of a cedar sapling hacked from the woods behind our house. My brothers wrangled it through the front door, and its scratchy limbs brushed the carpet in tiny whispers.
Tis the week of Christmas 2024. Ideally, we would be peacefully awaiting the birth of the Christ Child, going to Church, having fellowship with friends and family and eating all our favorite h…
It was Monday, Dec. 16, of this year. The mail usually comes late on Mondays due to the weekend glut, so I wasn’t surprised to see the flag still up at 1:00 in the afternoon. Ginnie had put a …
I'm the last of eight children, i.e. the baby of the family, and I was spoiled. I didn't realize it at the time, but as I look back now through the lens of a father and grandfather, I was spoi…
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