The History Center will NOT be open this Sunday November 16. Early in 1977, Governor James Thompson announced that two additional medium-security prisons would be built in Illinois to ease over-crowding  by a rapidly growing prison population. The population had exploded from 5,980 inmates in July 1973, to 10,450 inmates in 1977.  Besides the inmate population explosion, updates were needed to present facilities to support the current over-crowding. The new medium-security pr

Thad Hennessy In 1982 Lawrenceville Illinois High School played Monmouth High School in the State Basketball tournament.  The Lawrence...

1981-82 State Basketball Simmons and Novesek In 1982 Lawrenceville Illinois High School played Herscher High School in the State...

Members of Red Hill Class of 1991 perform a musical tribute to their classmates as they sing “Wind Beneath My Wings” during the...

Volunteers have been organizing and filing clippings, photos and memorabilia about Red Hill High School. Some interesting tidbits they...

Something you would not find in the Chicago Tribune: The Tooth Corner Bridgeport Leader December 1997 From the Tooth Corner: First of...

The Sumner Grade School Basketball Team 1971 First Row: Sean Sheeler, John Potts, Ricky Dowty, Jeff Schultz, Greg Grazier, Chuck Hixon,...

September 18 1980 The Shiloh Bombers The Shiloh Bombers men’s softball team ended their regular season play in a double elimination...

May 6, 1971 The Daily Record: A windstorm swept through Lawrence County shortly before 10:00 am from the northwest leaving a trail of...

In 1985 Golden Rule's Women's softball team played other teams in the area such as teams from Kizers Bar, Eagles Lodge, and Central...