Love Conquers All, Including Football
December 4, 2013My name is Gort Rumson. I am the great-great-grandson of the famous Ben Rumson, who was a pioneer in California in the days of the gold rush. Like him, I was born under a wandering…
My name is Gort Rumson. I am the great-great-grandson of the famous Ben Rumson, who was a pioneer in California in the days of the gold rush. Like him, I was born under a wandering…
Shekel Dubloon, Weeder’s Clump’s famous banker, vacationed for a month in a remote place in South America. He deliberately isolated himself so that he knew nothing of what happened…
Located in Weeder’s Clump, Illinois, on the corner of Sutton and Floyd, is an impressive building which houses the John Dillinger National Bank. Shekel Dubloon is the president of…
Come gather ‘round me people, A story I will tell, About Pretty Boy Floyd, the outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well (from “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd”) It is amazing what certain…
When Bulgy Hypotenuse went to the Carpenter home to retrieve his jacket and impress Cordelia, whom he had picked up the previous night and given a ride home, he discovered from Cordelia’s…
When Bulgy Hypotenuse was returning to Weeder’s Clump late at night, he was flagged down by a desperate young woman named Cordelia Carpenter, whose car had left the road and crashed…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…