BY MARK HOSKINS Among several items of business during the March 9 meeting, the Altamont Community Unit School District #10 Board of Education considered a pay increase for officials, working games at ...

Mary Frances Cline Vise Woolsey, , Ill., formerly of Vandalia, passed away on Sunday, March 1, at her home, surrounded by loving family. Mary was born on March 14, 1932, at her grandmother’s home in ...

The Vandalia Summerfest finished up its two-day celebration this past Saturday at Vandalia Lake. Musical acts like the Van Waylon Band, Jeff Chapman and Kent Lemmon, Judy McNutt, On All Sides and ...

Eastern Illinois University is proud to recognize academic excellence by naming high achieving students to the Spring 2025 Dean’s List. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a GPA of 3.8 or ...

Faythe Johnson is presented with the $500 Soroptimist Live Your Dream Award by Connie Goldsmith. Award recipients may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their effort to attain ...

Rita Orr Grull presents Sandra Stine with a quilt she made from donated shirts. Stine is a retired Brownstown teacher and currently substitutes. She was involved in a house fire in December.

Fayette County was a veritable wilderness when white man first entered her dense forests and bewildering prairies. Several old buffalo trails passed through the area, used by Indians and later by the ...

• Bob Berry, Class of 1949 • Doug Hopkins, Class of 1957 • Lyle Doehring, Class of 1965 • David Miller, Class of 1966 • Rich Feezel, Class of 1967 • Jvee Harner, Class of 1972 • David Scott, Class of ...

On Monday evening, a new Miss Fayette County Fair Queen was crowned. Of the nine candidates vying for the crown, Avery Myers was ultimately handed the title at the end of an exciting pageant. Myers is ...

Southern New Hampshire University recognizes the following students on being named to the Spring 2025 President’s List. The spring terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who ...

The Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital Wound Healing Center recently received RestorixHealth’s Clinical Distinction and Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Awards for 2024. Recipients of these ...

Andy Powell never expected to make the cover of a trade publication, but there he is, on the cover of the December issue of Fender Bender magazine. Powell, who moved his business from Brownstown to ...