SALUTING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
January 9, 2013Celebration in Elgin marks 28th year Elgin’s 28th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration will take place on the weekend of Jan. 19-21, celebrating the life, actions…
Celebration in Elgin marks 28th year Elgin’s 28th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration will take place on the weekend of Jan. 19-21, celebrating the life, actions…
EUREKA – Jeff Stahl, owner of the Chanticleer at 744 North Main Street, is not only a formally-trained chef, but a master carver in wood and ice. This recently completed chest-high…
For the first time in six decades, Aurora did not record a single homicide during the 2012 calendar year. The last calendar year without a recorded homicide was 1946, according to a…
BLOOMINGTON — After working for the Bloomington Police Department the past 29 years, Police Chief Randy McKinley has accepted a job in St. Charles, Mo. Starting Jan. 21, McKinley,…
PEORIA — With the recent completion of phase three of the Harrison Homes redevelopment project, the Peoria Housing Authority is helping needy individuals and families move into new…
by Jerry Riley The obesity problem may cost the Woodford County taxpayer. Since the 1970’s the Woodford County Board has consisted of fifteen members and sat around the same tables…
EUREKA – On Thursday, January 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eureka Apostolic Christian Home Activity Room, Debra Blunier will be sharing her photos from a week in St. Petersburg, Russia,…
EUREKA – Author and youth advocate Wes Moore will discuss his book The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Cerf Center at Eureka College. Admission…
EUREKA – Registration is going on now for Preschool Story Times (ages 3 through 5) at the Eureka Public Library. There will be 7 weeks of Story Times beginning February 5. Children…
EUREKA – Pianist Adam Neiman, violinist Stefan Milenkovich and cellist David Commanday will perform a concert of chamber music at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 19 in the Chapel at Eureka College….
SPRINGFIELD — A year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to be far less…
Follow these tips to help keep you and farmers safe throughout the harvest season and again in spring when planting starts. Most importantly, slow down and be patient. Slow down…
Two thieves created a scam they managed to keep going for more than a decade before finally being caught. Keeping it going that long doesn’t make them smart; it makes them long-term…
Medical marijuana patients can purchase cannabis grown by small businesses as part of their allotment, Illinois’ top cannabis regulator said, but smaller, newly licensed cannabis…
An Illinois law intended to help people with mental illness avoid confrontations with police had been on the books for three years when Sonya Massey was shot in Sangamon County. The…
SPRINGFIELD – Overall participation in labor unions has declined in recent years in Illinois, although the state has seen an increase in successful unionization efforts for the second…
A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional – at least as it applies to four individuals who challenged…