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Jerome Paul “Jerry” Kerner, age 73 April 4, 1949 – October 22, 2022 Jerome Paul “Jerry” Kerner, age 73, of Springfield, Missouri; and formerly of Newton, Illinois; passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2022, his home. Visitation will be held 1:00 – 2:00 PM – Sunday, October 30, 2022, at
Virginia Maxine Rogers was born March 16, 1922 at Fredericktown the daughter of Richard Benjamin and Cora Jean (King) Wilson and passed away on October 23, 2022 at Farmington, Missouri at the age of 100. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lindell Rogers who she married
The Newton Boys and Girls Cross Country teams won regionals and will head to sectional on Saturday at Champaign. The top overall girl was Newton’s Layna Marshall The top overall boy was Newton’s Clay Bergbower Bib Number Name Time Pace Points 1 – Newton Top 5 Avg Times: 22:04 Points:
Highest Honors Brett Bower Beth Brocious Scarlett Collins Ethan Deckard Daniel Falcioni Alexis Ghast Maddox Horner Jackson James Miley Loy Amos Mahaffey Chance Mulvey Lily Radke Noelle Sappenfield Stella Schackmann Reese Schulte Jaidyn Sparling Marlee Tarr High Honor Owen Blake Alec Bower Olivia Bright Samuel Briscoe Hayden Burnell Cylas Dickerson
Maxine Kilpatrick Maxine Kilpatrick, 90, of Robinson, IL, passed away on October 23, 2022, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL. She was born on December 18, 1931, in Flora, IL, the daughter of Howard & Pauline (Platte) Bowen. A 1950 graduate of Harter-Stanford Township High School in Flora, IL,
The Newton Eagles Girls Volleyball team advances to the Regional Championship which will be played at 6:00 pm on Thursday at Salem High School where they will face Pana High School. The Lady Eagles defeated Lawrenceville in the regional semifinals with scores of 25-18 and 25-13 bringing the Eagle’s record
The 2022 Girls Tennis team held their awards ceremony on Monday, October 24th.
Jasper County Junior High Band photos. You can see the JCJH Band perform in the Oblong Parade on Saturday.
The Newton Marching Eagles placed third overall in Class 2A at the University of Illinois Marching Band Championship. The final field show performance for the Newton Marching Eagles will be at Oblong High School at 1 pm on Saturday.
The St. Thomas Soup Supper will be held on November 13, 2022 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm at the St. Thomas Parish Center in Newton. For more information read the flyer below.