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Schools are seeing a rise in COVID-19 infections and state health organizations are...

ASHLAND — The A-C Central school board is scheduled to meet in regular session at 6:45...

Jun. 13—TRAVERSE CITY — John Lober bent down and picked up a piece of of straw off the Traverse City Central track. The legendary Trojans track and field mentor was chatting with other Central coaches at the school's spring college signing event, held outdoors on the track. Not many knew it'd be Lober's last as head coach of Central's track and field program, one he built into a northern ...

Three people from the Springfield area have been appointed to Illinois boards Gov. JB Pritzker announced last week.

Jun. 2—SAGINAW — Traverse City Central golf coach Lois McManus and Traverse City West coach Mike Schultz came into this season knowing this year both teams had a shot at qualifying for state. That prophecy was fulfilled. TC Central and TC West took first and second place Tuesday at the Saginaw Valley Public Golf Course regional to qualify for the state golf tournament in Lansing. The Titans ...

May 27—TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City Central held on to an early lead to beat TC St. Francis at the Thirlby softball field Wednesday. The Trojans hopped out to a 7-0 lead in the second inning and held on through a late Gladiators rally to win the nonconference matchup 9-8. TC Central began the second inning with three straight singles before a run was walked in by the pitcher. Another single ...

May 27—TRAVERSE CITY — Teammates call Traverse City Central seniors Leah Doezema and Mackenzie Bohrer the 'Power Couple' for a reason. Both set meet records in discus and shot put at the 2021 Big North Conference Championships Wednesday at Traverse City West Senior High School. Central's girls program won the BNC crown with a team score of 212.66 and beat out West, who scored 188.33. The ...

A-C Centrals Dirks, Smith set for Bass Fishing Finals Dennis Mathes, dmathes@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail It weighed in at 4.69 pounds. That’s a big bass — in fact, the biggest bass caught at the Sangchris Lake Sectional earlier this month. And a gigantic thrill for the fisherman who caught it — A-C Central’s Nate Dirks. “The pre-fish days, and the previous tournaments, we had not caught anything big at all,” Dirks said. “So when I hooked into it, I was excited. I wa...

Kim Webster builds bass fishing program at A-C Central Dennis Mathes, dmathes@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail 3of3 Former A-C Central band director Kim Webster knows a little bit about fishing, but not a lot about bass fishing. She wasn’t about to let a little thing like that stop her from taking on the job as head coach of the A-C Central bass fishing team. The team needed her. “I retired in 2015,” Webster said, “and one of the boys came to me and said, Web, we aren’t goin...

A year later, schools still grappling with remote learning FacebookTwitterEmail Jacksonville School District 117 Superintendent Steve Ptacek gives a presentation in August on changes to the Illinois Department of Health’s guidelines and how those changes would allow a return to in-person learning. Journal-Courier More than a year after the pandemic shuttered Illinois schools, the vast majority of students have yet to return completely to the classroom — and more than 73,000 still are learn...