Tazewell County News Briefs
— November 14, 2018STATE Illinoisans encouraged to remember military this holiday season Taking a few moments to write a holiday card or send a pair of socks might seem like a small gesture, but for…
STATE Illinoisans encouraged to remember military this holiday season Taking a few moments to write a holiday card or send a pair of socks might seem like a small gesture, but for…
NOV. 15 Washington: Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast Thur. 6:30 a.m. Countryside Banquet Center, 659 School St., Washington $50 24th Annual Event. For more information, call 309-444-9921….
After 10 years of providing a Thanksgiving dinner to folks who could use a meal and/or company, Sarah Williamson was not about to let a knee problem cancel everything this year. Faced…
It’s not any less awful for being so familiar. The last three high-profile attacks that have convulsed the nation, two in recent weeks, have been carried out by fringe loners…
History comes alive in Chillicothe this weekend when local storyteller Brian “Fox” Ellis recreates a dramatic debate between Illinois Territorial Governor Ninian Edwards and Potawatomi…
A popular Peoria meat packing company was consumed by a fire so massive it required nearly a dozen fire departments to extinguish. The Limestone Township Fire Department was summoned…
This week’s roundup of farm and rural news headlines is led by the EPA’s decision to extend the registration of dicamba for over-the-top usage another two years. We have reaction…
Republicans have always justified their preferential treatment of the super-wealthy by trotting out the bogus “trickle-down theory.” They argue that as the rich get richer,…