West Union residents celebrated the 50th anniversary of West Union Community Club's pancake breakfast with hot cakes and biscuits and gravy at the village community building Saturday. The West Union District Library also conducted a book fair for kids in the community building during the breakfast. (Randy Harrison photo)
As local residents continue to seek immunizations against the still widespread flu, the Crawford County Health Department is keeping up to date on the developing coronavirus situation.
"There is nothing in our local area," CCHD Nursing Supervisor Jenna Thompson told the Daily News. Monday, January 27, 2020
Two nearby Indiana employers are laying off employees and shutting down operations. Hoosier Energy will retire its coal-fired Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County in 2023 as part of a new long-range resource plan. Meanwhile, Sunrise Coal LLC in Carlisle has stopped production.
An award-winning restaurant and destination site is changing ownership after 10 years in business. The Wabash Coffee House in Hutsonville changed owners last month as former owners Charles "Chuck" and Jackie Eckert turned over the keys to Ashley and Neal Newlin.
Only a select few basketball programs in the state of Illinois can boast they are among the leaders in all-time wins, but Robinson High School can consider themselves among that class. The Maroons posted their 1,500th win in program history Friday night, thanks to a 51-28 conquest of Flora in Little Illini Conference action.
A shortage of bus drivers is causing the Oblong Unit 4 school district to use alternate routes to get students to and from school.
Unit 4 Superintendent Jeff Patchett said that a shortage of substitute drivers has forced the district into using the alternate routes which does cause some delays.
A strong finish to the first half was enough - barely - for Robinson High School's girls' basketball team to pick up a win to open play in the Little Illini Conference Tournament Thursday (Jan. 16).
The Lady Maroons broke open a close game late in the first half, then had to stave off a late rally to pick up a 42-36 win over Red Hill in the opening round game of the LIC Tournament in Robinson.
"We had a really good first half, but then we just went away for a while," RHS head coach Sherry Bopp said. "But, the girls found a way to make enough plays at the end and we got the win."
My name is Clinton Gortney. Along with my wife and family, I often come to the Robinson area to visit my wife's mother, who lives in Oblong. We live in Florida.
A couple of days after Christmas, we were shopping on the square in Robinson and planned to meet at the Mexican restaurant, a favorite of ours. My wife and daughter drove to the restaurant, and I decided to walk there. After all, it was only a block from the Heath store.
