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Ark of the Covenant offers dinner Tuesday
June 26, 2022The Ark of the Covenant is serving biscuits and gravy Tuesday.The soup kitchen, 503 E. Hazel, Robins...
IECC budget includes LTC tech center, more
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges officials expect to spend about $6 million more than they take i...
Pair of blood drives planned
June 22, 2022As summer officially begins and people gather for holiday celebrations, the American Red Cross remin...
Eddy in as interim OCC president
A Crawford County resident was named as interim president of Olney Central College during Tuesday’s ...
Wheat harvest progressing slowly
Illinois winter wheat harvest is well underway but progressing somewhat slower than in past years.Ac...
Unit 2 may kickoff RHS football field renovation
Robinson Unit 2 school board members are considering renovating the Robinson High School football fi...
Courthouse news — June 17, 2022
June 17, 2022DissolutionsAubrey M. Schifler, 36, Oblong, and Katrina R. Schifler, 43, Oblong, on Aubrey Schifler...
Board updated on taxes, election
Crawford County Board members were updated on property taxes and the upcoming primary election durin...
Two polling places move
Most Crawford County voters will find their polling places in their usual locations Tuesday.In LaMot...
Elect precinct committeemen June 28
Candidates for precinct committeeman will be elected in the June 28 primary.GOP committeeman candida...
County COVID cases continue climbing
Fifty-two new coronavirus cases were reported in Crawford County during the past week.The total, the...
Property transfers — June 16, 2022
June 17, 2022AAA&B Properties LLC to Nathan D. WIlliams in D.J. O’Dell’s Second Addition June 13.Jeremy S. Comer ...
CMH to consider security matters
The safety of patients and staff are a top priority of Crawford Memorial Hospital, which is why opti...
Bill offers aid for wildlife conservation
June 15, 2022The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday voted to pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, a bil...
LTC announces spring academic honors
June 15, 2022Lincoln Trail College has released its academic honor lists for the spring semester.Three lists have...
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Sports
Two Hutsonville-Palestine softball players earn all-state honors
More postseason accolades rolled in for a pair of Hutsonville-Palestine softball players last week. After being named to the All-Little Okaw Valley Conference First Team the week prior, Izzy Sheets and Addison McNair were named to one of the Illinois Coaches Association’s All-State teams.
RHS baseball wins pair at Lawrence County
Wins continue to pile up for Robinson High School’s baseball team in Southern Illinois Prospect League action this summer.
Pair of RHS football players selected for WVFCA All-Star Game
Two recent Robinson High School graduates were provided the opportunity to put the pads on one last time, but neither of them is going to participate.
Robinson 13U, 9U teams play at Newton over the weekend
A pair of travel baseball teams from Robinson played in tournaments at Newton over the weekend and came away with mixed results.
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LIFE
CCHD to offer 'cancer comfort bags'
Cancer has affected everyone in one way or another. Now, the Crawford County Health Department is wo...
Biggs on Bellamine dean's list
June 14, 2022Bellarmine University has named Palestine resident Kendra Biggs to the dean’s list for the spring 20...
Peternel makes GU dean's list
June 14, 2022Kayla Peternel, Robinson, a senior at Greenville University, has been named to GU’s dean’s list for ...
4-H carnival here June 10
June 1, 2022Having fun as a family can build great memories. The Summer Kick-Off Family Carnival hosted by Crawf...
Graduation notice resurrects memories of long ago
High school graduations are over for another year and already mementos of the Class of 2022 are bein...
Local news
LTC's Zakowski to head Phi Theta Kappa
Lincoln Trail College will be represented in statewide leadership for Phi Theta Kappa for the second...
Extension offers 4-H food program
Summer is a great time to get your kids or grandkids into the kitchen to learn how to prepare home-c...
Winnie the Pooh, Lion King musicals at LTC
Lincoln Trail College Children’s Summer Theater is off to the Magic Kingdom next week with a pair of...
Wheat harvest begins in state
Illinois winter wheat harvest is underway.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3 percent...
Courthouse news — June 13, 2022
FeloniesVance E. Plew, 27, Paris, $610 plus 24 months probation for aggravated assault on a peace of...
County COVID numbers remain up
The number of new coronavirus cases in Crawford County continues to climb. The Crawford County Heal...
Property tax bills coming soon
Property tax bills are going in the mail this week.Crawford County Treasurer Twyla Bailey told the D...
Announcements
Property transfers — June 8, 2022
June 8, 2022Kim and Tracy Phillips to Joseph and Jill A. Young in SEC 6-7-11 June 6.Janice M. Matheny to Willis ...
Herlocher fund raiser planned
June 8, 2022The Katherine Chapter the Order of the Eastern Star and Palestine Masonic Lodge 849 will host a fund...
More blood drives announced
June 8, 2022Robinson, Oblong and Flat Rock will be the sites of upcoming American Red Cross blood drives.The firs...
Soup kitchen serves sloppy joes
June 7, 2022The Ark of the Covenant is serving sloppy joes Tuesday.The soup kitchen, 503 E. Hazel, Robinson, off...
Schools
RHS courtyard project on hold
Plans to renovate the Robinson High School courtyard may not come to fruition this year because of u...
Unit 4 makes personnel moves
The 2021-22 school year may have just ended but Oblong Unit 4 is already getting is personnel lined ...
Brush unopposed for regional superintendent
A Robinson native is unopposed in his bid to elected regional superintendent of schools for Clay, Cr...
Scholarship awarded to PHS grad
A recent Palestine High School graduate is this year’s recipient of a scholarship from the Southeast...
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AGRICULTURE
Planting season's end is near
Corn and soybean planting has finally caught up and are both nearly complete across the state, accor...
County was hot and wet in May
Summer arrived in Crawford County a bit early, bringing temperatures in the 90s during May.According...
State planting moving ahead
Illinois farmers have finally caught up on planting.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture,...
Stephenson honored by 4-H Foundation
May 31, 2022A Crawford County Fair official was recently honored for his efforts on behalf of 4-H.Joe Stephenso...
Bird flu nixes 4-H poultry at county fair
Crawford County 4-H members planning to show poultry at the county fair in July have run afoul of th...
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Faith
Church news 12-11
December 9, 2021Olive Branch BaptistSaturday Dec. 11 will be the Christmas Cantata by the OBBC choir at 6 p.m.Saturd...
Hey, this is my sory!
I am just now concluding that narcissism is a virus that has infected everybody in the world that is breathing air. I even apply this to my own life with a great deal of regret. Nobody wants to admit they have narcissistic leanings in their life. And yet, if you listen to them, and even listen to yourself, you will see it. I did not know how aggravating it was, but I was to learn pretty soon.