by Tom Emery CARLINVILLE, IL – A small college in central Illinois will be the site of the world’s longest soccer game April 10-13, an event that will raise money for pediatric cancer. Blackburn College in Carlinville, 45 miles south of Springfield, will host a Guinness World Record attempt for the world’s longest soccer game […]
2014 is 125th Anniversary of Macoupin County’s Kentucky Derby winner
by Tom Emery A unique historical anniversary for central Illinois comes up on Saturday, May 9, which marks 125 years since the Kentucky Derby victory of Spokane, who was bred just north of Carlinville. The legendary story of Spokane, one of the most cherished of the early winners of the Derby, was rooted in his breeding […]
Macoupin Civil War Group seeks to restore another flag
by Tom Emery After successfully spearheading the restoration of a Civil War flag last year, members of a Civil War group in Macoupin County are embarking on another project to refurbish a different flag. The latest project is for the regimental colors of the 122nd Illinois Infantry, which was comprised mostly of men from Macoupin […]
Original Civil War Print back home in Macoupin County
Written and contributed by Tom Emery An original print of a Civil War photograph is back home in Macoupin County, thanks to an antique tractor sale in Wisconsin. The photo is of Company F of the Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry on a rocky outgrowth of Lookout Mountain, Ga. It was found pressed in a book […]