The Robinson Fire Department was out along East Main Street serving porkburgers and hot dogs Saturday to raise money for the upcoming toy drive for area children. The need in the community grows every year and the department does its best to keep up with demand. (Tom Compton photo)
A former Robinson Unit 2 school board member is among the latest to file to run in the April 2 consolidated election.
Leslie Swaner filed to run again for the Unit 2 board Wednesday. She joins incumbents Stacey Shew and Amy Stone and newcomer Michael Connelly on the ballot. Friday, December 14, 2018
One of the greatest fears for emergency responders in a small community is that the next victim could be a friend of family member. One of the greatest comforts is having a friend or family member coming to your rescue in your time of need. When four area firefighters were recently trapped under a collapsed roof at a fire that fear was realized, and as...
Two Robinson men helped bring safe clean drinking water to thousands in Africa. Now that the Thanksgiving holiday is over and we have a couple weeks until Christmas, take a moment and think about how much water each of us consumes in a day. According to the United States Geological Service, the average American uses between 80 and 100 gallons, this...
The Palestine Unit 3 board met in regular session Tuesday night, despite the absence of the district's two principals. High-school principal Tangi Waldrop and grade-school principal Jessica Sisil were unable to attend because of an incident that happened earlier in the day. About 4 p.m. one of the district's buses was involved in an accident while returning...
There were almost as many forfeits as there were contested matches in Wednesday night (Dec. 12)'s dual wrestling match between Robinson and Carmi, but the Maroons were able to come out on top in both situations and rolled to a 69-12 win on the road.
Robinson won six matches via forfeit, while also winning six of the eight contested matches - including five by pin - to pick up the lopsided victory.
"Voting is not my thing," said the 20-something waiting for a bus. The others watched the interview between glances at their phones. Voting is an ancient and archaic means for determining the popular will after all, and it's the 21st century now - shouldn't there be an app for this?
