SPRINGFIELD — Altamont’s Kyle Husted was a winner in the Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes Championship Three-Year-Old Fillies Pace with a purse of $35,000 Thursday at the Illinois State Fair harness ...

SPRINGFIELD — Wyatt Avenatti was a three-time winner Wednesday at the Illinois State Fair harness races. In the Illinois Topline Two-Year-Old Fillies Draw, he guided Hay Beth to the win in 1:59 3/5.

GREENUP — Fox Valley Barbie continues to claim victories and this one came in the only day of harness racing at the Cumberland County Fair Monday.

Saturday, August 16 — Taylorville at Effingham, 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Altamont’s Kyle Husted crossed the finish line first several times in Saturday’s harness races at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Husted won behind Fox Valley Landen in the Colt ...

Mark Tovey, 71, of Effingham, IL, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Effingham, IL. Arrangements are pending at Johnson Funeral Home in ...

Robert ‘Bobby’ Buzzard, 74, of Brownstown, died at 12:04 p.m., Monday, August 11, 2025 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, MO. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August ...

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