Audio on Demand: Local Sports & Archives Junior High Softball Roundup — August 14 Kyle Husted Wins At Illinois State Fair, Casey Leonard Takes Five Harness Racing Victories Effingham Junior High ...

SPRINGFIELD — Altamont’s Kyle Husted was a winner in the Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes Championship Three-Year-Old Fillies Pace with a purse of $35,000 Thursday at the Illinois State Fair harness ...

Mark Tovey, 71, of Effingham, IL, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham, IL. Arrangements are pending at Johnson Funeral Home in ...

Saturday, August 16 — Taylorville at Effingham, 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m.

GREENUP — Fox Valley Barbie continues to claim victories and this one came in the only day of harness racing at the Cumberland County Fair Monday.

SPRINGFIELD — Wyatt Avenatti was a three-time winner Wednesday at the Illinois State Fair harness races. In the Illinois Topline Two-Year-Old Fillies Draw, he guided Hay Beth to the win in 1:59 3/5.

SPRINGFIELD — Altamont’s Kyle Husted crossed the finish line first several times in Saturday’s harness races at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Husted won behind Fox Valley Landen in the Colt ...

Robert ‘Bobby’ Buzzard, 74, of Brownstown, died at 12:04 p.m., Monday, August 11, 2025 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, MO. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August ...

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National Football League Pre-Season Friday, August 8 Scoreboard Detroit 17, Atlanta 10 Cleveland 30, Carolina 10 New England 48, Washington 18 Saturday, August 9 Scoreboard New York Giants 34, Buffalo ...