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The NCHS Choral and Theater Department presented Six: The Musical Teen Edition. If you are interested in a flash drive of your actress’s photos please contact us for more information. If you enjoyed the show and want to hear more of these Queens and Ladies in Waiting be sure to
The 2024-25 NCHS Girls Basketball team
The 2024-25 NCHS Boys Basketball team.
Newton Elementary hosted their annual Veteran’s Day program on Friday, November 8th. Several veterans were in attendance along with the entire school. Students read letters, sang songs, and thanked the veterans in many ways. High school student Caydon Goode performed taps.
Taianne Louise (Leonard) Newkirk, 66, of Yale, IL passed away Tuesday November 12, 2024, at 9:53 am peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. To commemorate her remarkable life and the memories we cherish: Funeral Services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday November 16, 2024, at the
On December 3, 2024 a caucus of the democratic and republican parties in Fox Township of Newton IL will be held at the Fox Township Building at 6 pm. The purpose is to nominate candidates for the following offices: road commissioner, township supervisor, township clerk, and four township trustees.
Jasper County held its annual Veterans Day program on November 11th. The Newton Marching Eagles performed to start the program. Minister Anthony Harris SFC US Army with 12 years of service including 3 deployments, Afghanistan was the speaker and also performed the invocation and benediction. He also presented the memorial
60th Wedding Anniversary Thomas H. and Faye A. (Fisher) Brown were united in marriage on November 28, 1964 at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Ste Marie, Illinois. Their parents were Henry I. and Mary K. Brown and Ferdinand J. and Dorothy F. Fisher. They are the parents
Owen Scott “Scotty” Clark, age 95 December 24, 1928 – November 7, 2024 Owen Scott “Scotty” Clark, age 95, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 6:13 PM – Thursday, November 7, 2024, at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, Illinois. A funeral service celebrating Scotty’s life will be held at
DOROTHY MARIE (FLEMING) SONGER Dorothy Marie (Fleming) Songer, age 95, of Newton, Illinois, passed away on November 11th, 2024 in Olney, Illinois. Dorothy was born February 24, 1929 at Olney, Illinois to parents David Elmer and Elma Irene (Kurtz) Fleming. She graduated from Richland/Olney High School in 1946. Dorothy worked