The junior high team for the Wildcat Youth Football League is preparing for its first challenge this week.
The team will head to Benton on Saturday to face Carbondale at 2 p.m.
“We lucked out and had a bye for last week,” said head coach Rollie Hawk. “That gave us a chance to go on the road and...
The Cobden American Legion baseball team split in recent action.
Cobden 7, Benton 6: Cody Wieseman was 3-for-5 with 3 RBIs to lead visiting Cobden to the win Monday, June 26.
Alex Ramsey was 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs for Cobden. Clayton Flamm was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs.
Chandler West was 1-for-2. Brayden...
The Long Knives Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented the 2017 Outstanding Citizenship Awards to 18 recipients during April and May.
The award is given to high school seniors who exemplify a sincere academic attitude and good citizenship, and who display the qualities of...
The Cobden High School baseball team won two games in recent action.
Cobden 6, Vienna 1: Trevor Middleton was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead host Cobden to the South Egyptian Conference win Wednesday, April 19.
Dylan Duty was 1-for-2 with a double and 2 RBIs. Bayden Ditterline was 1-for-2 with a...
Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, on Monday, March 13, announced that a superseding indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Benton in the case regarding the May 2014 attempted robbery of the First National Bank in Cairo.
Boyce announced in a...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team closes out regular season play at Benton this Friday.
“It’s senior night for them,” A-J football coach Brett Detering said. “If they win, I don’t think they have enough points” to get in the playoffs.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will...
The Cobden Junior American Legion baseball team lost a pair of games in recent action.
Orient 13, Cobden 3: Cody Wieseman was 2-for-3 to lead visiting Cobden in the loss at West Frankfort Thursday, June 16.
Zane Nance was 1-for-2 for Cobden. Austin Lewey, Trevor Middleton and Bayden Ditterline were...