Tag Archives: Vienna

By Mike McGinnis Two members of the Vienna High School girl’s basketball squad have received post-season recognition by being named to the 2011-2012 SICA Class 2A All-South team. Junior Carley Childress led the Lady Eagles in scoring with 469 points and surpassed the 1,000 point mark for her career. She …

By Rosemary O’Keefe I hope you enjoyed your Easter holiday as much as I did. I enjoyed the company of my son, daughter, granddaughter and brothers. We shared a great four o’clock dinner in my sun room and then began talking about our recent adventures. No dyed eggs for me …

April 3, 2012 vs. Carmi The Eagles opened up Black Diamond Conference play last Tuesday by hosting the Carmi Bulldogs. Carmi jumped all over the Eagles scoring four times in the 1st inning. The Bulldogs would add a single run in the 2nd inning and another in the top of …

By Mike McGinnis April 4 vs. Hardin County The softball Eagles dropped a home contest to Hardin County last Wednesday, by the score of 11-6. Emily VanAusdoll pitched the complete game for Vienna. Hardin County was ahead 7-0 before the Eagles scored twice in the bottom of the fourth inning. Vienna …

The Vienna City Council met in regular session, Wednesday, March 21, with the following members and guest: Aldermen Kevin Breeden, Bill Elliott, Greg Gorden, Richard Owen, Danny Rockwell; Jon Simmons, mayor; Jane Kluge, deputy city clerk; Melinda Zoeckler, treasurer; Jim Miller, chief of police; Gene McNeely, superintendent; Aaron Goldenstein, asst. …

Thursday Night Men’s League Results At Gambit Golf Club April 5, 2012 Team Winners, Net 67: Rich Owen and Ben Weston. Individual Winners, Net 32: (A) Greg Gorden. (B) Taylor Crabb. Skins: (A) Rick Marose, Fred Wood, Greg Gorden (2). (B) Rob Dunbar, Taylor Crabb. Gambit Senior League April 9, 2012 …

On Wednesday, February 29 at 4:56 a.m., the City of Harrisburg was struck by a deadly tornado. While much of Johnson County was unaware of the severe destruction to its northeast early that morning, area emergency and law enforcement personnel were already responding. In the hours and days that followed, …

Iraq War Veteran and Boots to Suits’ Executive Director Joshua Schiff begins pointing at his new office floor and hardly finishes a sentence before he is pointing off in another direction. Schiff and his partners recently opened their doors for business in a space on Locust Street near downtown Vienna …

Tunnel Hill State Trail Site Superintendent Steve Graves, of Vienna, laughs at the suggestion of sleeping in once he is retired from a 33-year career of working for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “I haven’t really given it a lot of thought as to what I’m going to …