Former Telegraph sports editor Porter set for Illinois Sports Hall induction – Alton Telegraph

Edwardsville’s Steve Porter will be inducted into the Illinois Sports Hall of Fame on July 25 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield. He was a longtime sports editor at The Telegraph.

Doors open at 4 p.m., with a buffet at 5 p.m. and the induction program beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $100 each, and the deadline to purchase tickets is June 15. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Tim Turpin at 812-430-2725 or visit ilshof.com.

Porter also is scheduled to be inducted into the National Semi-Pro Baseball Hall of Fame on Nov. 22 in St. Louis. Turpin can provide additional information on that event as well.