The Staunton Senior Citizen’s Club welcomes all seniors 55 and older to join them on the first and third Thursday of each month. The July 17 meeting was called to order by President Geri Cook at 1 p.m ...

Dorchester’s Homecoming celebration will be Aug. 1-3, which will include a kitten ball game starting at 5:30 on Friday, at the same time as the kids’ game. One of the opposing lineups will be Anti ...

The 126th Grand American World Trapshooting Championships will be July 30 through Aug. 9. The Grand is the largest shooting event of its kind. The event features over 20 events. Shooters from all over ...

The Coal Country Sports Complex Foundation will be holding a cookout at Randy’s Market in Gillespie on Saturday, July 26. Serving will start at 10 a.m. and continue until all sandwiches are sold. They ...

The Heritage Community Band will perform its fourth and final concert in Staunton on Thursday, July 24, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place at the Staunton band stand behind the library. The ...

William Jacob Bechem On May 1, 1868, a 22-year old Confederate veteran was hanged in North Carolina for murdering his fiancee. Asked on the gallows if he had anything to say, he spoke for an hour, ...

Jill Pertler Here’s a little ditty about me changing my profile photo and name on FB. It’s a funny story actually, if you look at it in the right light. I’m telling you all here, because I trust you.

The Mini Explorer’s Club is the Illinois State Museum’s newest engaging, musical, and hands-on 45-minute class for young children. This summer program will meet at 9:30 a.m. every Tuesday through Aug.

An Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team from Illinois headed to Texas overnight to assist with operations after deadly flooding recently. This group of 39 rescuers from fire departments, deployed as ...

Meals on Wheels has released the menu for the month of August. Meal reservations must be made by 11 a.m. on the day before the meal is to be delivered. Home-delivered meal recipients must register for ...

Staunton School District #7 is proud to introduce the upcoming new teachers starting this coming school year. Meet Ms. Bailey Schneebeli, who will be teaching kindergarden, which will be the beginning ...

Aug. 9, Benld Adopt-A-Pet will be holding a golf tournament at the Staunton Country Club, 3283 S. Country Club Ln. Registration opens at 9 a.m., and tee off starts at 10 a.m. The tournament will ...