SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Even face coverings couldn’t hide the joy of many young people attending the first weekend of the Illinois Junior Livestock Expo Sept. 11.
Livestock shows go on after fair cancellations
While it wasn’t the same as attending the Illinois State Fair, the Illinois Junior Livestock Expo ran two weekends in September at the state fairgrounds in Springfield. Both Carson Knittel and his sheep appear to be smiling before the sheep show Sept. 11.
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