Fathers and Daughters; Or, A Day Late and a Dollar Short
April 16, 2014“Oh, harken, oh harken the South wind is chanting I’m sure ‘t was the piping of Pan that I heard.” Springtime in the town of Weeder’s Clump is always a season of great beauty….
“Oh, harken, oh harken the South wind is chanting I’m sure ‘t was the piping of Pan that I heard.” Springtime in the town of Weeder’s Clump is always a season of great beauty….
On a beautiful night in April of last year, in the picturesque town of Weeder’s Clump, when the moon was full and most of the citizens were reposing in the soft and gentle arms of…
Kickapoo Edwards, son of Biff and Beylene Edwards of Weeder’s Clump, Illinois, had been inspired by his parents to be a hero who would sail the seven seas, travel to the four corners…
When Kickapoo Edwards graduated from Heliotrope University with a major in law enforcement, his parents Biff and Beylene were so proud of him that they had business cards made up which…
At Heliotrope University in Weeder’s Clump, Illinois, there lives an outstanding college professor named James Canada. Dr. Canada teaches health science and has an international reputation…
For a boy growing up in rural Illinois in the late 1940s, before the age of television, the best source of knowledge of the wide world was radio. A boy with an imagination could find…
A neighborhood movie theater, Sears’ onetime world headquarters, a canning factory and even a damaged county courthouse are among properties singled out as among Illinois’ Most…
Rampant sexual abuse occurred unchecked for decades at Illinois’ juvenile detention centers, a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 95 former detainees alleges, citing hundreds of incidents…
As state lawmakers hold hearings targeting the role of pharmacy benefit managers — an influential arm in how the health insurance industry prices prescription drugs — multiple state…
SPRINGFIELD — Advocates for community-based after-school programs say as many as 40,000 youths statewide could lose access to tutoring services, recreation and other extracurricular…
SPRINGFIELD – Supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House moved quickly Wednesday, May 1 to push through a change to state election laws that partially limits ballot access and…
First in a series from the Illinois Answers Project. The electricity in Mary Buchanan’s home in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood was not working – again. The outage…