Dear Savvy Senior, I know there will be a small 2.5 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits next year, but what about Medicare?...

NOVEMBER 20 MARKED THE GRAND OPENING of Yamey Creation Station in the Market Center of New Baden, which also houses New Baden IGA and the China...

Christmas is only a few of weeks away and that means holiday family meals are being planned. There are approximately 40 families in our area that need help putting food on...

New Baden village administrator Galen Mahle is going home, specifically closer to home. Mahle, a Centralia native, submitted his letter of resignation to the New Baden...

Trenton’s city council won’t take final action until this month, but council members were in general agreement that this year’s property tax levy will include a modest...

More than 1 million Illinois families will put turkey on the table this Thanksgiving with federal food help. Over 1.99 million Illinoisans, or 1.09 million households,...

Sarah Ratermann, of Aviston, died, November 23, 2024, at the age of 75. She was born on January 21, 1949, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Richard and Margaret Berger, nee...

Stephen A. Kolmer, 65, of New Baden, IL, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. He was born March 22, 1959, in...

Lenas Lee Vonna “Lynn” Hilmes, 87, formerly of St. Rose, died November 13, 2024, at the Greenville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Lynn was born on September 13, 1937,...

Congratulations to freshman Cameron Evans, our Student of the Week for the week of November 18. In her nomination, Mrs. Melissa Kunkle stated, “I...

Cinderella Lives. The question for the Wesclin Lady Warrior Cross Country Team is: Will Cinderella live on? The Lady Warriors probably did not...

The 7th Grade Boys Basketball improved to 4-1 with a victory over Collinsville on November 18th. Braden Haar scored 15 points while Abram Wilhelm added 12 in the game. The...

Sunday, November 17 was a very memorable day for Hollis Pace. Hollis and his father, Shawn, were playing golf at the Yorktown Golf Course in Shiloh...

-1914- Philip Zeisset and Miss Katie Walting surprised their friends by going to Belleville where they were united in marriage Wednesday. On Thanksgiving Day, St. Mary...

-1914- Frank Bassler bought the Dunning farm one and one half miles south of Trenton. Consideration $6,200 for 60 acres. Joseph Glanzner, Trenton’s oldest businessman,...

-1914- Iron pipe hitching racks, sets in concrete, were added in front of Ginzel Merchantile Co. and the First National Bank. J.G. Powers, G.A.R. veteran and one of the...