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Baseball Game Preview: Salt Fork on Home-Turf
The Salt Fork Storm will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Tuscola Warriors at 4:30 p.m. Salt Fork will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. Salt Fork's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat...
Monticello baseball earns Illini Prairie Conference Championship with win over St. Joseph-Ogden
St. Joseph, Ill. (WAND) -- We are entering the last week of the regular season for high school baseball. Monday afternoon two power houses in the Illini Prairie conference Monticello and St Joseph-Odgen took each other on. The Sages with 27 wins on the season and the Spartans with 28,...
U of I professor shares how to help migrating birds
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — It’s migrating season, and more than a million birds will be flying through Central Illinois. Experts say they’re leaving Central and South America and heading towards Canada. Several different species may stop in your backyard for food and rest. Michael Ward is a University of Illinois Natural Resources and Environmental Science […]
Furever Family: U of I Vet Med | Saying goodbye to a furry friend
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — It’s never easy saying goodbye to a furever friend, but that’s where today’s guest, Krystal Newberry, wellness program coordinator at the University of Illinois’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, comes in to help you navigate when it’s time to humanely end a pet’s life.
St. Joseph man with prior convictions gets 5.5 five years for having ammo
URBANA — A St. Joseph man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for having firearm ammunition last year that he wasn’t allowed to have due to prior convictions. Champaign County Judge Matt Lee handed down the sentence Tuesday to Nathaniel J. Bascomb, 40, after he pleaded...
Salt Fork boys' track and field aiming for more state success
All the Salt Fork boys’ track and field team has done this decade is bring state trophies back to Catlin. Big ones, too. The Storm are vying for its third consecutive Class 1A state title later this month and fourth top-two finish since 2021 when the IHSA state meet takes place May 23-25 at O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston. Before Salt Fork gets its postseason going on May 17 when it hosts a 17-team sectional, Sports Editor Matt Daniels caught up with coach Phil Surprenant about all the success the Storm are used to experiencing:
Softball Game Recap: Tolono Unity Gets the Win
Tolono Unity waltzed into their contest on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They won by a run and slipped past the Charleston Trojans 4-3. This was payback for Tolono Unity, who suffered a 6-5 defeat the last time these two teams met. For Charleston's part,...
Kickapoo Adventures hosts paddling fundraiser for veterans
VERMILION COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Upwards of 60 people in Vermilion County grabbed their paddles and rowed to support military veterans this weekend. Operation Honor Guard is a military non-profit that raises money for veteran services. On Saturday, Kickapoo Adventures helped them boost fundraising efforts. American flags waved — and massive smiles were seen. Organizers and […]
Former restaurant to be razed to make way for Dollar General
OGDEN — The building that most recently played host to the Pink Pig barbecue joint — and, before that, the Pink House and a host of other restaurants — will be torn down to most likely make way for a Dollar General store. Jill Guth of Guth...
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