Dear Savvy Senior, My 60-year-old brother was recently diagnosed with prediabetes, which surprised all of us because he’s fairly active and isn’t overweight. Now I’m...

The Clinton County Historical Society is hosting the Historical Site Crawl from April 18th to July 18th. The crawl celebrates two events, the 250th anniversary of the...

The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was wildly upended Saturday night when a gunman charged the premises, trying to penetrate the...

State Representative Charlie Meier welcomed two outstanding local leaders, Dr. India Johnson and Kayla Gentz, to the Illinois Capitol as part of...

Three players and one contributor with ties to the Clinton County Baseball League were among 15 inductees into the Greater St. Louis Amateur...

Lee Monical, 52, of New Baden, passed away peacefully at home on April 21, 2026, surrounded by his boys and the family he loved so deeply. Lee was...

Patricia R. “Pat” Lampe, age 87, of Breese, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. She was born May 29, 1938, in St. Rose,...

Dorothy Violet Bridgeforth, 92, of New Baden, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026, at her home. She was born June 8, 1933, in Hillsboro,...

A 19-year-old says common sense legislation proposed in the General Assembly would put accountability in place — before it’s too late. by Kashyap Rajesh My generation...

Congratulations to junior Trevor Zeeb, our Student of the Week for the week of April 20. In her nomination, English teacher Mrs. Donna Goetz...

WE PROUDLY ANNOUNCE OUR 2026 PROM COURT: (top photo, l-r) queen candidates Maybree Budde, Lauren Jamruk, Addison Nenninger, Madeline Venhaus, and...

OUR STUDENTS OF THE QUARTER for the third quarter of the 2025-2026 academic year are (front l-r) freshmen Emma Meyer and Ethan Litteken, sophomores...

Wesclin’s Lady Warrior Soccer team tied Freeburg 2-2, then lost a 5-1 match with County rival Mater Dei. Kenley Henry and Jaime Locke scored the goals in the standoff with...

-1906- Mich Pletscher, a prominent farmer of south of this city, died Thursday from the effects of a wound caused by a hog several weeks ago. A meeting was called at...

-1906- Miss Elsa Bugger, noted cellist of Brussels, Belgium, will give a recital at the Turner Hall Saturday. Dr. A.W. Carter bought the beautiful Eisenmayer residence on...