Day: November 3, 2020

Princeville boys take 3rd at regional By JEFF LAMPE Weekly Post Staff Writer PETERSBURG – There was no question about the winner at Saturday’s PORTA High School boys cross country regional. With runners divided into three flighted races instead of the usual one large race, Elmwood-Brimfield’s third-ranked team had an even better chance to prove its dominance. Trojans runners finished first and second in the first two races and swept the top three spots in the final boy’s race. E-B had five of the top nine finishers in the race and saw its top seven all finish in the top…

Elmwood’s first family of XC ends successful 13-year run By JEFF LAMPE Weekly Post Staff Writer ELMWOOD – After 13 seasons, more than $12,000 in running shoes and six state cross country trophies, the last Hoffmann will run a race for the Elmwood-Brimfield Trojans this Saturday. Senior Luke Hoffmann is the last of four brothers to run for E-B and Coach Gregg Meyers. Each has been part of a state championship team: Jordan, 26, in 2008, Kelly, 23, in 2013, and Cooper, 20, and Luke in 2017. Parents Bruce Hoffmann and Penny Silzer say that 2017 championship, when Luke was…

By BILL KNIGHT For The Weekly Post Rural communities had about 900,000 fewer jobs this August than August of 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, the outlook is improving from earlier this year, and rural America is holding on to jobs better than urban or suburban areas. Besides the number of jobs, the average jobless rates also are better in rural areas than metro areas. In The Weekly Post area, Fulton, Knox and Peoria Counties all lost jobs in the year-to-year comparison, but the percentage declines in Fulton and Knox weren’t as bad as the national…