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Editor of the Petersburg Observer Jane Cutright, the enduring force behind Menard County's local paper
Jane Cutright is the owner of the Petersburg Observer, a newspaper catering to the Menard County area. Cutright spoke to Community Voices about how she joined her family’s business and the challenges her paper faces in an increasingly digitalized world.
Gravel Presents Jacksonville WoO Masterpiece
JACKSONVILLE, IL- The anticipation filled the entire town of Jacksonville, IL as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars returned for the first time in three years on Wednesday night. Tickets sold out Tuesday night. Fans filled the entire grandstands before Hot Laps even began. Many more headed for the pit area. Could the Hy-Vee Perks 40 live up to the hype? Absolutely it could.
Big Game Motorsports and Gravel Facing Two Very Different Tracks This Week
Big Game Motorsports will see two different extremes of track sizes this week. First up is Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill., a small bullring that hosts the Hy-Vee Perks 40 on Wednesday. Driver David Gravel has made four World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series starts at the quarter-mile oval, earning a trio of top 10s with his career-best third-place outing occurring during the most recent visit in 2021.
Baseball roundup: SHG tops Jacksonville, Plains beats Athens and more results from May 1-2
Here are high school baseball results from the Springfield area for Wednesday and Thursday:. SACRED HEART-GRIFFIN 10, JACKSONVILLE 3: At Comstock Field, Charlie Linderman delivered at the plate and on the mound to lift SHG to a Central State Eight Conference victory. The Cyclones took a commanding 6-0 lead with...
More than 40 years later, the Beardstown Ladies Investment Club still plays the stock market
The Beardstown Ladies Investment Club is an organization which gained worldwide fame after publishing a book on investing in the 1990s. The two remaining charter members Cornell Korsmeyer and Ann Brewer spoke to Community Voices about the history of the club, its rise in popularity, and their legacy of encouraging others to invest.
How these seniors transformed Jacksonville Routt baseball over the last four years
JACKSONVILLE — The Jacksonville Routt baseball team expected big things from Nolan Turner and Conrad Charpentier from the beginning. That faith was not misplaced. They were not mere participants but central authors in the team’s rise to the top over the last four years. ...
Prep sports recap for May 2, 2024
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Sara Finn had four hits, including a triple and a three-run homer as Illini Bluffs beat visiting Havana, 14-2, in softball on Thursday. Havana scored a pair of runs on a two-out single in the first by Hannah Hodgson. But IB broke through with a nine-run rally in the third inning. […]
Softball Game Recap: PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central Takes a Loss
PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 11-4 to the Williamsville Bullets. The result was an unpleasant reminder to PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central of the 8-1 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2023.
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