VOTE FOR CHRIS BISHOP REPUBLICAN FOR IL STATE SENATE - 37TH DISTRICT
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MARCH 19TH PRIMARY
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024 • $1.00
VOLUME 170 • NO. 9
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Fulton, Illinois
LOCAL NEWS
FFA Fundraiser Donkey Ball raises money for Fulton High School FFA. / 2
REGIONAL NEWS
Sports Roundup
TOP SPELLER
Find out how high school teams fared. / 22
Fulton Unity Christian eighth grader Jake Bailey reacts to winning the Lee-Ogle-Whiteside regional spelling bee Thursday, Feb. 22. Bailey correctly spelled fraudulent in round 14 after going toe-to-toe with Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico seventh grader Jackson Melton. See page 3.
Bi-County Bulldogs Bi-County basketball team heading to state. / 18
Alex T. Paschal
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................6 Your Health.........................................6 Property Transfers............................12 Published every Tuesday 32 pages • One section
Sports .................................18, 20-23 Church News............................24-25 Classifieds..............................26-31
DEATHS Richard Dykstra, Sara Jo Beswick Stuart, Marsha Welfer, Krisa Lynn (DeBuysere) Heinsen, David Allen Gilroy, Albert “Al” Pierce Jr., Ruth L. Letcher, Becky V. Piester, Janice K. Brightman Stone, Donna B. Dykstra, LaVonne M. Latham, Pages 4, 5, 7