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County adopts website policy

CLINTON — The DeWitt County Board approved a website policy during its April 18 meeting. “Some counties don’t seem to have website policies; some do,” …

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Chamber 2024 Business Expo

CLINTON — Members of DeWitt County EMS participated Thursday in the 2024 Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce & Toursim Bureau Business Expo. See more in next week's Clinton …

CES students recognized at school board

CLINTON — Clinton Elementary School (CES) students recently were recognized during the Unit 15 school board meeting for a variety of achievements. “While not all of these are …

Farmer City approves new budget

CLINTON — The Farmer City Council approved an amendment for the city’s FY 2024 budget as well as the budget itself on Monday.

School district responds to complaint

CLINTON — The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to review a complaint filed by a Clinton parent against the Clinton School District.

Helping keep the parks clean

Kids from The Vault teen center recently held their monthly serve day by working to pick up trash from the city’s parks. Courtesy of The Vault

CPD gets two new officers

CLINTON — City attorney John Hoblit swore-in two new Clinton police officers, Margaret McCue and Aristotle Weder on April 2.

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Obituaries

Myra Hume

NORMAL — Myra Hume, 63, of Normal, formerly of LeRoy, passed away on April 21, 2024, at Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac.

Michael J. Reidy

SPRINGFIELD — Michael J. Reidy, Sr., 69, of Springfield, formerly of Bloomington and Clinton, passed away at 11:05 p.m., on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at HSHS St. John’s Medical Center …

David Thomas Hughes

MAROA — David Thomas Hughes, born on December 2, 1924, passed away on April 12, 2024, was born in Moweaqua, Ill. to John and Marie (Welton) Hughes.

Roger D. Moody

CLINTON — Roger D. Moody, 73, of Clinton, passed away at 7:09 p.m. on April 14, 2024, at St. John’s Hospital, Springfield.

Charles Marvin Burton

DENVER, Colo. — Charles Marvin Burton, known as Marvin to his family and close friends, passed away in Denver, Colo. on December 27, 2023.

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Community

Left to right: Edith Brady-Lunny, Regent, Rosemary Parker, award recipient, Terri Lemmel, presenting award.

Parker honored by local DAR chapter

CLINTON — DeWitt Clinton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently presented chapter member Rosemary Parker the Woman in American History award at its April meeting.

Arbor Day ceremony April 27 to honor Carol Thompson

CLINTON — The Clinton city arboretum will be named in honor of Carol McFeeters Thompson on April 27 during the annual observance of Arbor Day.

A portion of the city arboretum, now known as The Carol McFeeters-Thompson Arboretum. The city read a proclamation March 5 declaring the naming of the area for the local naturalist.

City arboretum named for Carol Thompson

CLINTON — The city made official on March 5 the naming of the city arboretum The Carol McFeeters-Thompson Arboretum, in honor of the local naturalist. Thompson passed away in July 2015. …

Baking it: Clinton woman in finals of national competition

In January 2020, Clinton’s Michelle Akeman found herself in a dark place. Her father had recently passed away and she was falling into a depression and was fearful that depression …

Dove food pantry now open Tuesdays and Thursdays

CLINTON — The Dove food pantry is now open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10 a.m. -2 p.m. It is located at 803 W. Leander Street, Clinton.

Agility, tenacity carry Maroons to 61-55 win over bigger Hornets

HEYWORTH — The Hornets boys team hosted the Maroons the Maroons during the News Year’s break This would prove to be a full-game, all-out battle.

Maroons roll on to 70-35 win over Raiders

CLINTON — Except for the fact Central A&M scored first in its game against the varsity Maroons on Feb. 9, the Raiders ultimately found it too much going against the Maroon’s defense.

Otters 1st in Danville Super Splash

Courtesy of Clinton Otters / Rob DeLeon, Clinton YMCA On Saturday January 27, the Clinton Otters competed in Danville at the 2024 Super Splash. The Otters finished 1st overall in team points in …

The Culinary Corner / Continuing the lunch

Welcome to my little corner of culinary delights. Cold cuts would be great for a lunch sandwich. Turkey salad spread and tuna salad spread are great for making lunch sandwiches. …

More on wine

Welcome to my little corner of culinary delights. Forgive me if I get my directions mixed up regarding France. We were in the northwest and not yet moved to the northeast, I get confused. …

Democracy imperiled

What sets America apart is that we are a nation of laws. There is a core value of law in this nation that seldom changes called the Constitution. It has served us well for 200-plus years. After …

Here we go again

I’m not the only one who has opted, once again, to stay home. Both the rec center and the senior center …
The great divide

My liberal friends suggest I am addicted to Fox News, but in all honesty, I often tune in to MSNBC and …
Year’s end

The United States appears to have diminished in world standing over the past year. There was a time in …

Thankful and grateful

It is the end of the year. Christmas is here and a New Year is only a week away. Now is a good time …
The season

It is the Christmas season, and we all have our individual perspectives of what that season …
War & peace

It is now December, which, in this country, is defined as the Christmas season. Tradition says it …

The 20 greatest Best Picture nominees that don't get enough credit

Casino Bonus CA looked at all films nominated for Best Picture and narrowed the list to those that didn't win and had under 50,000 votes on IMDb.

20 hit songs you may not know were written by music icons

Stacker compiled 20 hit songs between 1960 and today that were written by someone other than the singer, using various sources.

Billions of cicadas are about to emerge from underground in a rare double-brood convergence

In the wake of North America’s recent solar eclipse, another historic natural event is on the horizon. From late April through June 2024, the largest brood of 13-year cicadas, known as Brood XIX, will co-emerge with a midwestern brood of 17-year cicadas, Brood XIII.