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Body of second missing boy recovered

Updated Aug. 10    The body of the second youth who disappeared in the Illinois River Thursday evening has been recovered. The body was discovered… Login to continue reading Login…

Beyond the Rusty Gate

Fruits aplenty

    We had another nice Sunday – just a sprinkle of rain, cooling things off.     My youngest took me for a ride in his… Login to continue reading Login…

Courthouse news

Pornography charges filed against two Cass County men

Cass County State’s Attorney John Alvarez has filed pornography charges in  two separate cases this past week. Four additional child pornography counts were filed against… Login to continue reading Login…

A man of many hats and many years’ service — When it comes to serving the Village of Ashland, few people have served as long and in as many ways as H.A. Votsmier.  He’s been a fire chief and firefighter for 31 years, water plant manager, 25 years, school board member and 911 board member. Here, Votsmier is pictured with the Ashland Fire Department’s 1923 firetruck. (Photo by Brian DeLoche.)

H.A. Votsmier: a lifetime of service to Ashland

    Life-long Ashland resident, H.A. (Henry) Votsmier, has been selected as this week’s Hometown Hero.     Votsmier, a humble individual, has a soft, honest timbre… Login to continue reading Login…

Covid Update

COVID-19 numbers keep surging in Cass Co. and region

With an increase of 33 cases reported in the past week, Cass County has seen its fourth straight week of double-digit increases in its positive… Login to continue reading Login…

Cass County Courthouse News

Cass man gets 14-year sentence for sexual assault

    A Cass County man was sentenced last week to 14 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on a charge of sexual assault.   … Login to continue reading Login…

Hitting the Roof — Firefighters pour water into the collapsing roof line of Earl Richardson Jr.’s rural Chandlerville home July 29.  Fire believed to have begun in Richardson’s car spread to the garage and then to the home. (Photo by Brian DeLoche.)

Fire destroys rural Chandlerville man’s home

Earl Richardson Jr. was watching TV in his home Wednesday afternoon when he heard someone knocking on his front door. What happened next   would completely… Login to continue reading Login…

The graph shows the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported each day by the Illinois Department of Public Health. (Credit: Jerry Nowicki of Capitol News Illinois)

Pritzker: Virus is worse in southern Illinois than Chicago

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois     SPRINGFIELD – The novel coronavirus is worse in southern Illinois than it is in the Chicago area, and… Login to continue reading Login…

Screen Time

Please, Disney, Just Let Me Watch “The New Mutants”

    I love comic books, and there’s not a single comic book property I enjoy more than the X-Men. There are so many wonderful characters,… Login to continue reading Login…