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From Our Files
Issue of July 29, 1998 Wareco started extensive renovations including new gas tanks, islands and pumps. Six vehicles were vandalized at Tri Ford in Staunton on July 22. Equipment was also stolen....
School dismissal pick-up rules
1. Stay in your car. If your child needs assistance getting into the vehicle, please park. 2. Do not walk up to the door or wave your child to the vehicle. The teachers on duty will get your child to...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, January 25, 1923 -- A notorious character -- Clinton Clayton, one of the fellows arrested last week at Benld appears to be a real bad man and has since been identified as a criminal who is...
Looking Back Photo
This week's looking back photo was brought in by Walter Spotte. He lives in both Pennsylvania and Florida. The picture was taken during the Staunton...
From Our Files
Issue of July 23, 1998 Melissa Gai of Staunton was crowned the 40th Miss Macoupin County Fair Queen. The Staunton Board of Education decided to send out a survey to measure interest in boys’ soccer. C...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, January 11, 1923 -- SWIPED THE DOOR SPRING -- One night this week some unknown miscreant swiped the spring from the storm door at the post office. Postmaster Roberts states that he has two...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, January 4, 1923 -- OLD TIME FIRM SOLD OUT YESTERDAY -- Godfrey & George sell their hardware business to Geo. H. Luker -- After a partnership extending over a period of forty years, the firm...
From Our Files
Issue of July 2, 1998 The workshop and garage of Frank Ramach located north of Staunton was destroyed by fire on Friday. Mike Favre announced that Timber Lakes Golf Course will open nine holes by next...
Looking back Photo
This week's Looking Back photo is the property of Pat Wieseman. It's a postcard from 2009 with a picture of the previous year's Tour de Donut race....
Letter to the Editor
Ode to my grandfather I am writing because I would like to surprise my grandfather Fred Horky. He is a regular reader of your paper despite moving away years ago and living in North Carolina. He was...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, January 4, 1923 -- GILLESPIE MAN SHOT BY OFFICERS -- William Dann, Insane, Killed After Attacking Officers -- One man dead and a policeman injured marked the close of the first day of the...
Looking Back Photo
This week's Looking Back photo shows Staunton's Main Street in 1907. The building to the far left is George and George Hardware. This is the current...
Looking Back
This week's Looking Back picture was taken in May of 1925 during construction of Staunton's reservoir. See Days Gone By for more d...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, December 25, 1975 -- Commentary on Looking Back photo -- In April of 1925, the city of Staunton began surveys of how best to supply the growing city with clean water. After studying the...
Region has endured some historic droughts
By Tom Emery This summer has been drier than normal in parts of the region. Fortunately, it’s nowhere close to the historic droughts that have hammered the region. One of the worst was in 1953-54, whe...
Boulch
Winford Earl Boulch died June 9, 2023, in Portland, Ore., one day before he turned 91. Win was born June 10, 1932, to James and Lura Boulch in the township of Good Water, Mo. He married his wife,... Full story
Looking Back Photo
This week's Looking Back photo is from Cindy Leonard's collection. It shows Hefer Lumber Yard located on S. Maple Street maybe in the 1960s. The...
