Annawan News

The best senior basketball players from the 2008-09 season in the state of Illinois have assembled this weekend for the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blackert of 20814 150 East Street, Mineral, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. June 21 at the Best Western banquet facility in Annawan.

The Friends of the Hennepin Canal, instrumental last fall in keeping the canal open despite state budget cuts, now wants to see the canal restored to its original working condition.

Former Mineral High School cheerleaders led a crowd Saturday of about 100 alumni and some village residents in singing the school's fight song at a brief unveiling ceremony of the Mineral School Memorial.

The Friends of the Hennepin Canal were instrumental last fall in keeping the canal open, and now the group wants to see the canal restored to its original working condition.

Illinois State Police say Dana S. Hewett III, 39, of Olathe, Kansas died Tuesday after losing control of his 1990 Chevrolet SUV, causing the vehicle to roll over.

Patriot Renewable Fuels CEO/Chairman Gene Griffith recently announced the company has begun to ship containerized shipments of Distillers Dried Grains as a way to add value to the company.

Annawan certified and support staff members shown include Superintendent Joe Buresh, Karen Curran, Brenda Haff, Julie Boone, Justin Hovey, Marilyn Newman, Gina Peterson, Karen Griffiths, Sheila Cromien, Molly Siniawski and Shirley Croegaert; Roxanne Aper, Sue Lanxon, Carmen Foster, Andrea Hakes, Ann Heller, Wendi Johns, Rebecca Subert, Lisa Spivey, ...

Christie Wiersema and Amanda Smith combined for a one-hitter Wednesday, and the Morrison softball team rolled in an 11-1, 6-inning victory against Kewanee.

Annawan's first trip to the Illinois semi-finals in school history went down to the wire.

A seriously injured soldier is getting a taste of home cooking. Aaron Carlson, 20, suffered multiple injuries after a suicide car bomb detonated near his post in Afghanistan.

The quest for a state title leads to Peoria as semi-finalists in the IHSA 1A and 2A divisions get a feel for the rims in the Peoria Civic Center Thursday during their shoot-around practice session.

In their first trip to the semifinals, the Annawan Braves dropped a close contest to Macon Meridian, 51-47. That's after the Braves led an 11-0 run to nearly catch up during the third quarter.

A wounded soldier has arrived home in the Quad Cities. Specialist Aaron Carlson of Annawan, Illinois arrived at the Quad City Airport Friday morning--nearly two months after being seriously wounded in an ...

Annawan will try for its first boys basketball sectional title since 1986 after a 66-56 semifinal victory over Polo on Wednesday night.

Whiteside County sheriff's deputies responded to a motor vehicle crash at 10 p.m. Wednesday on Illinois 78, just north of Bunker Hill Road, involving a semi and a minivan.

A member of the Kewanee National Guard unit serving in Afghanistan was killed Tuesday when the Humvee in which he and three other soldiers were riding was struck by a roadside bomb, near Kandahar, in southern ...

"Goodbye Tiny Dancer" by Justin Strome and Lenore Thomas. Not since my last trip to Tijuana have I seen so many Powerpuff Girls emerging from my kitchen sink.

A 1999 Richwoods High School graduate was among five injured over the weekend by a suicide car bomber outside a military base in Afghanistan.

"He had to have had a guardian angel with him." That was the reaction this afternoon of Nanci Keener, mother of Spec.