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Spartans' season ends with back-and-forth battle in sectional-semifinal loss
MONTICELLO — Of course it came down to Timera Blackburn-Kelley. How could it not, especially after she pitched St. Joseph-Ogden to its first regional championship since 2019 last week and provided the spark the Spartans needed at the plate to make Tuesday’s Class 2A Monticello Sectional semifinal matchup with Effingham St. Anthony one of the best games of the season?
Vandalia Interact Visits Rotary
Front row (left) Katie Eckhardt , Interact President; Livi Wehrle, Treasurer; Sophia Krueger, Secretary; Kennedy Schaal is next year’s Interact President; Makenzie Emerick, and Lyn Gartke, Rotary Liaison. Back row: Tyler Osborne, Rotary President; Greta Krueger, VCHS Vice- Principal and School Liaison; Anthony Steiner, Jack Lewis, Rachel Schaal, Curriculum Coach and School Liaison; Alec Hise, Rotary Liaison. Missing from the photo: Chuck Hutson, Rotary Liaison and Sadie Willenborg, Interact Vice- President.
Brownstown Student Receives Scholarship
Garrett Wilkerson is the 2024 recipient of the Sandra R. Stine Health – Physical Education Scholarship. The Scholarship is presented to a Brownstown High School Senior pursuing an Associates or Bachelors degree in a health or physical education field/career. Garrett is the son of Tonya Wilkerson and Ryan Wilkerson....
Author to Speak at Fayette County Senior Center
Julia Miller originally from Brownstown Illinois will be speaking at the Fayette County Senior Center on May 30 at 4:30 PM. Currently residing in Charleston Illinois, Julia is a retired social worker. She writes fiction, nonfiction and memoir, often with a cat in her lap. The Fayette County Senior Center...
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