January 2012

Bryce Osman was 4-for-5 at the plate to lead Anna to a 13-1 win over Cobden in the semifinals of the Southern Illini junior high baseball conference tournament hosted by Egyptian School at Tamms Sept. 15.

Sheldon McGrath, Jake Wright and Jaryt Tripp were each 3-for-5 at the plate for the Indians. Dalton Goddard was 2-for-4.

Hunter Ralls was 2-for-5, Conner Jerolds was 1-for-3 and Jade Gillis was 1-for-4.

Wright was the winning pitcher, tossing a one-hitter. He also had 15 strikeouts and 5 walks.

During the mid-1960s a lot of events were happening on the world stage.

The looming Vietnam Conflict was receiving all the national attention and was getting ready to ignite and involve the United States in a bloody conflict.

But something else was happening on the other side of the world far away in the Caribbean Sea that didn’t grab a lot of headlines.Uncle Sam’s military was involved as well and produced casualties.

Anna residents can expect to be hearing and learning more about home rule in the coming months.

The Anna City Council is moving forward with plans to place the home rule issue before voters in the April 2013 election.

Home rule was on the agenda at a regular meeting of the city council which was held Tuesday evening, Nov. 20. The meeting was at Anna City Hall.

Last week, the council authorized city attorney John Foley to draft a resolution to have home rule on the ballot in next spring's election.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, reports that hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 72,111 deer during the opening weekend of the 2012 Illinois firearm deer season, which was Nov. 16-18.  

The second portion of the firearm season begins Thursday, today, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 2.

The preliminary harvest total of 72,111 for the first three days of the 2012 firearm season compares with the first weekend harvest of 66,501 deer during the 2011 deer season.