Prolonged subzero temperatures haven’t slowed demand at food banks, but they are making key items harder to secure. Fresh produce becomes harder to source and move during...

Dear Savvy Senior, What are the IRS income tax filing requirements for retirees this tax season? Semi-retired Joe Dear Joe, Whether you need to file a federal income tax...

Last Saturday the New Baden Chamber of Commerce held their 89th Annual Installation of Officers and Membership Banquet at the American Legion Post...

Generational hits and pop rock is headed to Springfield as Matchbox Twenty takes over the Illinois Lottery Grandstand Stage on Sunday, August 16, 2026. With a catalog...

Another solar farm installation, another windfall for the city of Trenton’s community development program. Trenton’s city council on Monday discussed the potential for...

New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program go into effect Feb. 1, threatening benefits for hundreds of thousands of Illinoisians. Adults aged...

Jeanne Esther Heuberger, age 80 of Highland, IL, died Tuesday evening, January 27, 2026, at her home in Highland, IL. She was born on Sunday,...

Steve C. Frohn, 59, of Aviston, died January 20, 2026, in Canton, Ohio. He was born December 7, 1966, in Breese, son of Charles and Joan Frohn, nee Langhauser. Steve...

Clifford Eugene “Cliff” Wheelan, Jr., 85, of Breese, died January 19, 2026, at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon. He was born May 26, 1940, in Breese, son of...

Congratulations to senior Carissa Rich, our Student of the Week for the week of February 9. In his nomination, agricultural science teacher and FFA...

Congratulations to sophomore Adriana Bacilio Santos, our Student of the Week for the week of January 26. In her nomination, social studies teacher...

The wins and losses at this point, do not really matter in girls’ basketball. The Lady Warriors will end the season with a winning record. It will...

THE 8TH GRADE LADY WARRIORS basketball team traveled to Rend Lake last Thursday for the state championship game of the Class L SIJHSAA tournament....

-1906- H.W. Cadwalder of the Peters Cartridge Co. gave an exhibition of rifle shooting near the Brefeld Hardware Co.’s store Tuesday afternoon. A new bank will open at...

-1906- Mother Christina Barbara Eisenmayer, nee Sauter, passed to her eternal reward January 20 at the age of 65 years, three months and one day. E.L. Genez who has been...