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Litchfield Primed For New Business Opportunity 2x1c41

  After years of work, the industrial park on the west side of Interstate 55 in Litchfield is ready for its first tenant, and on Thursday, June 5, a possibility for that tenant was …

Cardboard Boat Regatta Returns To Hillsboro Lake 5k6w59

One of Hillsboro’s most anticipated summer events is back for its eighth year, and this time it’s sporting a brand-new theme. What began as the Cardboard Boat Regatta has officially …

Hughes Continues Mission Work This Summer i3635

From working with children at VBS camps, helping clean churches and spreading the Lord’s message in different neigborhoods, Emma Hughes has done it all on her mission trips to Poland and Puerto …

Old Settlers Live Entertainment Announced 1d53m

Kicking off the Old Settlers entertainment on Wednesday, Aug. 6, will be a familiar face in the country scene. Hunter Sharp has been playing for crowds in the area since his teenage years. …
Journal-News Sports

Hiltoppers Fish At State Finals 382cd

After getting their feet wet (figuratively) last year, the Hillsboro High School bass fishing team was at state for the second year in a row and third time in the program's history when 61 boats …

Two Toppers, Three Panthers Make All-SCC Softball Squad 3p3148

The Hillsboro and Litchfield/Mt. Olive softball teams combined to put five players on this year’s South Central Conference all-conference team, which was voted on by the coaches of the …

St. Francis Golf Benefit Set For June 27 542c2g

The HSHS St. Francis Foundation invites the community to them at a golf benefit on Friday, June 27,at the Litchfield Country Club. This special event is one of the many activities being …
Obituaries
Minda S. Hoffman, 62 Minda S. (Rufus) Hoffman, 62, formerly of Irving, died on April 16, 2025. A Funeral Mass was held at the Mission Basilica San Juan-Capistrano on Saturday, May 31. There will be an inurnment gravesite …
Virgil W. Barringer, 91 Virgil Wayne Barringer, 91, of Ramsey, died Monday, June 2, 2025, peacefully surrounded by his children at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. A celebration of life will be held from 9 a.m. …
Joyce A. Pauley, 85 Joyce Ann Pauley, 85, of Tower Hill, died at 6:18 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Copper Creek Cottage in Litchfield. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 9, at 11 a.m., at Howe and …
Jerold L. Sidwell, 90 Jerold Loren Sidwell, 90, of Granite City, formerly of Ohlman, died on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Stearns Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 9, at 10 …
Christopher Harbaugh, 56 Christopher James Harbaugh, 56, of Gillespie, died at Decatur Memorial Hospital on Friday, May 30, 2025, at 2:39 p.m. A memorial service was held on Friday, June 6, at Kravanya Funeral Home in …
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MAYBE YOU CAN RELATE • You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too 5g6v1j

Something not many people know about me is that I have a huge sweet tooth. If there is a choice between two foods, I will usually go for the sweeter option: cookies over chips, grapes over carrots, …

RAMBLINGS • A Life Of Writing The News By Hand 2b6e2h

Born in 1943, I graduated from Marion Center High School in western Pennsylvania in 1961 at the tender age of 17. I didn’t reach 18 until six months later. In retrospect, that “year …
Letters To The Editor
Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,   I attended the Noem Go Home rally in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield on May 7, along with a State Police-estimated 300 other people. For the record, …

Letter To The Editor

Dear Editor,   In regards to the Letters to the Editor in the Monday, April 28, 2025, Journal-News: yes, let’s just leave all the illegal immigrants alone. Let’s let …