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Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
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October Days are almost here! Fall has arrived and with it comes a whole bustle of activities from pumpkin patches, football games, fall festivals, raking leaves and harvesting the crops in the fields. The Staunton Public Library is hoping for a fun October as well. First of all, the fourth annual Library Crawl is back! This event was created by the Bethalto Public Library District in 2019 to encourage library patrons to explore the world around them and to understand the benefits of having a library card with access to millions of items in...
The Illinois State Fair has released estimated attendance totals for 2022. Over 636,700 visitors walked through the gates this year making it the highest attended fair since industry attendance calculation was put into effect, beating previous records. Weekend attendance during the fair saw an increase of nearly 95,000 people over 2021. The high attendance numbers are also reflected by the over $6.4 million in estimated revenue. While the 2022 estimated revenue figures appear to have fallen just short of the 2019 record of $6.5 million, it is...
The Staunton boys' soccer team had another busy week this week with four games in six days. The first two were at home against Pleasant Plains and Hillsboro, and the latter two were on the road at North Mac and Breese Central. Both the Hillsboro and the North Mac games were South Central Conference games. To begin, the team welcomed the Pleasant Plains Cardinals on Monday, along with a stifling heat and no breeze, which made for some pretty miserable game-time conditions. Both teams agreed to...
Sept. 30 - School Improvement Day (12:30 .m. dismissal) Oct. 10 - No School, Columbus Day Oct. 14 - End of First Quarter Nov. 8 - No School - Election Day Nov. 9 & 10 - 2 p.m. Dismissal - District wide parent - teacher conferences, 3:30 - 7:30 pm. Cross Country Boys & Girls Oct. 1 - SW Invitational 9 a.m. Oct. 4 - Carlinville, Hillsboro, Litchfield, Pana, SW at Loveless Park, 7 p.m. Oct. 8 - Wood River Inv. Oct. 15 - SCC meet at Piasa SW Oct. 22- IHSA Regionals, TBA Football Varsity Sept. 30 - Vandalia T, 7 p.m. Oct. 7- Hillsboro H, 7p.m. Oct....
Staunton lost their Homecoming game to Carlinville 34 - 21 Friday night, Sept. 23. But - the Bulldogs gave their fans an exciting come back game after going down 21 points. A completed pass to Cody Kapp followed by a Jacob Dillon run gave them a first & 10 on the 24. But a holding penalty put them back to 2nd & 20 when Carlinville intercepted a Bulldog pass. The Cavies had moved the ball to 2nd & goal when they scored their first TD and PAT to take the 7-0 lead. The Bulldogs turned the ball over...
After a loss to Breese Mater Dei on Sept. 13, the Lady Bulldogs got back on their winning streak, winning at Pana and at Vandalia. Staunton defeated the Pana Panthers 2-0 in sets of 25-12 and 25-13 on Sept. 15. Haris Legendre led the team in kills with 17; Legendre and Taylor Nolan each had one block. Nolan also led in digs with 15. The Lady Bulldogs were in Vandalia on Sept. 22 and defeated the Vandals in two sets, 25-15 and 25-12. H. Legendre led the Lady Bulldogs in kills with 9. Allison Weller led in blocks with 2. Danielle Russell and...
The Staunton Country Club Women's Thursday League had a beautiful fall day for golfing. We will continue our league through Thursday, Oct. 12. The low gross was the team of Sue Stiegemeier and Kathryn Young (39). They also had low putts of 11, a chip-in on #3 and also a birdie on #3. The low net was the team of Gloria Paolino and Rosemarie Pickerill (25). The group is teeing off next week at 9 a.m. Rosemarie Pickerill, reporter...
Concordia Tuesday Night Men R & B's 21 JM Power Washing Svcs 10 Split Happens 6 The Finishers 5 Tim Copeland, 256, 246, 211 & 713; R &B's, 932 & 2720; Dillon Bertels, 246 & 620; Darren Ott, 208 & 604....
The boys and girls golf teams both won their Senior Night games on Monday, Sept. 19, at Timber Lakes. There are still games left on their schedule, however this was the last home game for the seniors. Staunton seniors are Luke DeWitt, Luke Meyer, Adam Overby and Emma Tjaden. The boys had a team score of 174 defeating Mt. Olive (227) and Gillespie (239). Preston Denney was match medalist with his round of 38 on the par 36 course. Other team scores were Broc Best 42, Bryce Coalson 47 and Luke Meyer 47. The girls won their game over Carlinville...
SHS cheerleaders The SHS football cheerleaders served up the pep as they made their way along the parade route on Friday during the Homecoming Parade....