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Hillsboro Installs New Soccer Scoreboard

Hillsboro’s city council quickly worked through an imposing agenda during their last March meeting Tuesday evening, March 18; 27 items were on the agenda. All council members and city officials …

County Residents Invited To Participate In WiFi Survey

Montgomery County is participating in a 12-week, fast-track program to create a countywide plan for expanding broadband access to unserved and underserved areas of the county, and county residents …

Litchfield Board Sets Fogleman Scholarship

Litchfield School Board members set this year’s Fogleman Scholarship as part of their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, March 18, at the Litchfield Early Childhood Center. Prior …

Munch Madness Returns To Hillsboro's The Sweet Spot

Munch Madness is back at The Sweet Spot for year two at Hillsboro’s favorite sweet shop. Fans are invited to participate by filling out a Munch Madness bracket (no purchase necessary) where …
Journal-News Sports

Panthers Have A Field Day At Winter Thaw

The Litchfield boys track team had a field day in Elsah on Saturday, March 15, as the Purple Panthers competed in the annual Jersey Winter Thaw. The Panthers posted four top five finishes, with all …

Toppers Bump Off Lancers With 12-Run Fourth

With less than ideal weather conditions and limited practice time outdoors, the start of the softball season always has a few bumps in it. With 11 errors between the two teams, that was the case for …

Gatton Gives Tornadoes Win Over Lancers

Colton Gatton struck out ten and allowed just four base runners for Taylorville as the Tornadoes defeated the Lincolnwood-Morrisonville baseball team 10-0 in six innings in the opening game for both …
Obituaries
Larry F. Golladay Jr., 62 Larry Francis Golladay Jr., 62, of Mt. Juliet, TN, died at 8:14 a.m. Thursday, March 13, 2025, at TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, TN. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March …
Joyce A. Brown, 75 Joyce Ann Brown, 75, of Nokomis, died at 12:03 p.m. on Monday, March 17, 2025, at Springfield Memorial Hospital in Springfield. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 …
Betty J. Hill, 94 Betty Jean Hill, age 94, of Hillsboro, died at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at Eastern Star Home in Macon. Funeral services for Betty will be held on March 24, at Bass Patton Dean …
Dale F. Broers, 56 Dale Frederick Broers, 56, of Nokomis, died Monday March 17, 2025, at his residence. In celebration of his life, a visitation will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Nokomis on Friday, March …
Gerald W. Foster, 88 Gerald William Foster, 88, of Springfield, died Friday, March 14, 2025, at Litchfield Health and Rehab Center. Graveside services will be held at 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2025, at Elm Lawn …
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GROWING YOUR ROOTS • Ag Facts From Illinois Farmers

Happy National Ag Week! Today, and all week long, we celebrate the great contributions agriculture makes to our nation. Food, fiber, and fuel – we would be lost without farmers! …

MARCHING TOWARD REVOLUTION • The Great American Orator Patrick Henry

The Christiana Tillson Chapter of the NSDAR in cooperation with The Journal News will be providing a monthly article pertaining to the build up to the Revolutionary War. The articles are for …
Letters To The Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the editor,   The most vulnerable members of our society are children, pregnant women and the elderly. Many in this population get their medical care partly or wholly from Medicaid. …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, I’m really amazed at the “logic” in the letter from Lisa Ervin in the March 10 paper. She must be equating trying to end the war between Russia and Ukraine as …