Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
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On Tuesday, Feb. 20, of 2024, Illinois Rural Water Association, the state’s largest rural utility association, selected the City of Staunton as its "Water System of The Year" at the Forty-Second Annual Technical Conference in Effingham, Ill. The Illinois Rural Water Association’s "Water System of the Year" award is given to a system dedicated to managing their water system to the highest of standards. The winner of this award must meet the strictest industry standards in appearance, record kee...
Gov. John M. Palmer, who lived in Carlinville from 1838-67, signed the Illinois Public Library Act on March 7, 1872, creating the tax-supported, free-usage public libraries that Illinoisans know today. The act revolutionized statewide library usage, and remains a standard by which libraries are governed today. Social libraries in Illinois date to 1818 with the founding of such organizations in Albion and Edwardsville. A subscription library was founded in Belleville in 1821, and by 1872, there were an estimated forty such libraries across the...
By Charles Browne / Local Resident A brush fire alongside U.S. 66 approximately half of a mile South of IL 138 was reported on the East side of the highway. A brisk wind from the Southeast moved the flames rapidly. Dense smoke was observed briefly, obscuring the road completely, yet five northbound vehicles were seen to emerge through the smoke in quick succession. Several more vehicles followed moments later but visibility had greatly improved by then. A Mt. Olive Fire Department tanker truck...
The Lady Bulldogs Varsity basketball team had another record breaking season. They won this year’s Regional Championship on their home court Thursday, Feb. 15. They beat Roxana with a score of 62-39 and punched their ticket to the Beardstown Sectionals. Last year was the first girls basketball Regional win in school history making back-to-back Regional wins yet another record secured for this team. They also beat their own record from last year with the most wins in a season having 27 wins. T...
Based in Edwardsville, Ill., R.P. Lumber opened its first location in Staunton, Ill. in 1977 and has continued to grow throughout the states of Illinois, Missouri, Wyoming, and Wisconsin. In early 2021, R.P. Lumber entered the Iowa market by acquiring three locations in two separate transactions and in 2022, they added two more Iowa stores. R.P. Lumber Co., Inc. continues to grow with the pending acquisition of Schrock Lumber Co., a 60-year-old family-owned hardware, lumber, and building...
Nelson Lloyd Miller, 90, passed away at his residence in Mt. Olive on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Nelson was born in Mt. Olive, on Jan. 15, 1934 the son to the late Donald Miller and Edna Pearl (Guthals) Miller. He married Carol Ann Niemann on Sept. 29, 1956. He attended Mt. Olive High School and graduated with the class of 1952. Nelson served in the U.S.Seventh Army, 594th Field Artillery Battalion at Erlangen, Germany. He received a Sharpshooter (Rifle), the Good Conduct Medal, and he received an...
Doris Jean Payad, 94, of Staunton, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 8, 1929 in Ft. Worth, Texas, the daughter of the late Lester Hugh Ogden and Anastasia (Koziczkowski) Ogden. Doris married Charles H. Johnson in 1950 and together in Staunton, they raised five children and Charles preceded her in death. Following the death of Charles, Doris married Harold Payad in 1994 and they remained together until he preceded her in 2016. Doris was...
Normaline Brewer, 86, of Mt. Olive, died at her residence on Monday, March 4, 2024. She was born Feb. 12, 1938, in Marston, Mo. the daughter to the late James Paul Morris and Tennie (Lovins) Morris. She married Abraham Lincoln Brewer on Sept. 24, 1955 in Portageville, Mo. and he preceded her in death. She worked at St. Louis Shammy Shop at the age of 17. She became a laborer at the Dress Factory in St. Louis, Mo and she later became a beautician. She worked at Echlin in Litchfield. She worked at the Roller Derby until the factory closed. She...
Staunton Elementary School will conduct annual preschool screenings for the 2023-2024 school year on April 2, 3, 4, and 5. This is a free developmental screening for all preschool children who will not be eligible to attend Kindergarten in the fall and will be three (3) years old on or before Sept. 1, 2024. Parents are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to identify their child’s strengths as well as weaknesses in the areas of fine and gross motor skills, concepts, and communication. Vision and hearing will also be screened. P...
On Saturday, April 6, the Zion Lutheran Youth Group will be hosting a trivia night at the Staunton Country Club. Doors open at 6 p.m. and trivia begins at 7 p.m. Tables of 8-10 are welcome for the price of $15 per person. Proceeds will go toward sending their youth leaders to the National Youth Workers Conference in New Orleans, La., in July. Reservations can be made by emailing [email protected] or texting (618) 972-5239....
Tomorrow is a Brighter Day Linked together in the universal longings of man, we seek, for the most part, to live godly lives. As the young bride, being great with child waiting anxiously for the time of the birthing, we too live with an anxious expectations being the gift of hope. In Zachariah 9, the priest of yesterday's longings called us the "prisoners of hope." And surely we are. For who among us has not laid out the seeds in our gardens with a prayer they will grow steadily into fruit fit for harvest? Who among us does not hope toward an...
Palm Sunday: Service at 8:15 a.m. at Dorchester Methodist Church; Service at 9:30 a.m. at Staunton Methodist church; Maundy Thursday: Service with Communion at Dorchester Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Good Friday: Service at Staunton Methodist church at 6 p.m. Easter Sunrise Service: At 7 a.m. at Staunton Methodist church with a pancake breakfast following the service. No services will be held at Dorchester that morning....
Reservations must be made by 1 p.m. on the day prior to the day you wish to eat. If you have made reservations and cannot attend, please notify the center. To register for or cancel meals, call (217) 835-3174. Whole Wheat Bread served daily unless noted (*) and 2% milk served daily. Menu subject to change based on product availability. Call local center to learn about events and activities. Make checks payable to: IVEDC PO Box 431, Jerseyville, IL 62052. Wednesday, March 6 - Mostaccioli, Garlic Bread, Spinach Salad, Pears, Five Cup Salad...
Marriage Licenses Ethan Powell Eades of Carlinville, Audra Elizabeth Briggs of Smithboro, Ill. Ronnie Lee Keffer of Crowley, Texas, Shana Larea Weitzel of Staunton Terry Anthony Petty of Benld, Mia Katherine Kay McKee of Benld Dissolutions Rebecca J. Ritchie, of Gillespie; Kyle M. Ritchie, of Gillespie Kelsi Willison, of Staunton; Phillip Willison, of St. Louis, Mo. Jessica R. Green, of Carlinville; Ryan D. Green, of Staunton Court Whitney R. Hughes, (31), of Gillespie, committed the Class four felony of knowingly transmitting a false...
The Shamrock month is already on top of us. There is so much happening at the Staunton Public Library this time of year. Story Time for the younger crowd ages three and up is now set for the second and fourth Thursdays for the month of March beginning at 4pm. They read a story together, do an art activity and if time a game or two is always on the agenda. During the month of March, the permanent Story Book Walk out at Water Tower Park will be Kevin Henke’s children’s book, Lilly’s Big Day. This is a great story about a little girl who expec...
Feb. 26, 2024: Justin W. Embry; Speeding (Radar) Feb. 27, 2024: Kimberly O. Baker; In-State Warrant Feb. 27, 2024: Zachary J. Besserman; Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle Feb. 27, 2024: Renee L. Carlen; Speeding (Radar) Feb. 27, 2024: Juvenile; City Ordinance Possession of Tobacco by Minor Feb. 27, 2024: Juvenile; City Ordinance Possession of Tobacco by Minor Feb. 28, 2024: Cheyenne I. Missey; Expired Registration Sticker Feb. 29, 2024: Juvenile; Battery...
The Livingston Fire Station, located at 422 Nichols St., Livingston Ill. will be selling cabbage roll carryout dinners on Saturday, March 9, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or until sold out. The charge for the dinners will be $4 for one cabbage roll, $7 for two , or the $11 dinner option which offers two cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes, corn and bread. For those interested, be sure to come early because they sell out fast....
The Prairie Youth 4-H Club will be sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30 at 10 a.m. The Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Prairietown Fireman’s Hall and only children 10-years of age and younger are allowed to participate. There will be games and prizes for all participants and a special appearance will be made by the Easter Bunny. Please come out and show support....
By: Jill Pertler I’m a recent transplant – from a northern state to a southern one. I now spend winters in Florida, but for most of my life, I endured the (harsh, frigid, bitter, unending, Arctic, hyperborean) winters of Minnesota, aka Minnesnowta (cold nose, warm heart). I like to think it made me stronger. Hell, I know it did. You can’t survive and endure 30 degree negative temperatures (with a windchill of unspoken proportions) without cultivating some sort of inner fortitude (not to mention frostbit fingers). It’s been a cold winter...
Issue of March 3, 1999 Timber Lakes restaurant, bar, pro shop and golf course opened on Feb. 24. A daughter was born to Dean and Linda Sievers of rural New Douglas on Feb. 24 at Christian Northwest Hospital in Florissant, Mo. Charles Leonard Brown (81) formerly of Staunton died Feb. 23 at Gilroy Health Care in Gilroy, Calif. Paula L. Robbs (57) of Worden died Feb. 25 at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton. Sophie F. Vertovsek (89) of St. Louis, formerly of Livingston, died March 1 at Bethesda-Dilworth Memorial Home in St. Louis. Issue of...
Thursday, Aug. 30, 1923 -- HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FIELD FAST BEING COMPLETED -- It will be of interest to those interested in the affairs of the High School, and especially those interested in the athletic side, that with the completion of the work now being done on the field, the local High School will have one of the best athletic fields in this section of the State. A quarter-mile track has been laid off and a layer of cinders is being put down; inside the track is the foot ball field. Around t...
Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released by A&M Records on Mar. 16, 1979. It was recorded in 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. At the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1980, Breakfast in America won two awards for Best Album Package and Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording, as well as nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. It holds an RIAA certification of quadruple platinum and...
HELP WANTED: Part Time Writer/Clerical worker for newspaper office. Position requires basic writing skills; the ability to work with computers; and the ability to communicate well with customers. Send resume to Staunton Star-Times, 108 W. Main St., Staunton, IL., 62088 or come to office to pick up application. 36-37p WANTED: Illinois Travel Counselor Immediate full-time (37.5 hours/week) position available for Travel Counselor at Homestead Tourist Information Center located at I-55 Rest Area-Northbound, Hamel. Paid vacation and sick days....
FOR RENT: Mobile Home or RV Lots. 618-512-5326 19-tf FOR RENT: Self Storage 10 x 10 and 8 x 20 Units and Fenced in Boat and Camper Storage Available at S & K storage. 1100 S.Union 618-635-5306 37-t FOR RENT or SALE: 3 & 2 Bedroom Mobile Homes, Staunton. No Pets. 618-512-5326 19-tf FOR RENT: 1 bedroom house. Appliances. Furnished. 618-580-4791. tf...
L & W Mattress Direct- Winter Special: Twin Mattress, $159; Full $209; Queen, $249; King, by order only, $349. All mattresses except Kings are in stock and on sale at Mattress Direct. Located across from Walmart in Litchfield (217) 324-3636 12-tf FOR SALE: 2015 Lund 1675 Impact Sport fishing boat, one of a kind, customized in Green Bay Packer colors. Very low hours. Stored inside in winter, always, covered in summer. Includes trailer, trolling motor, GPS system, and 90HP mercury engine. $25,000, obo. Call 217-710-7319....