STERLING – The music program at Challand Middle School likely will be a bit different next school year. Parents, whose students are in band, orchestra and choir, are frustrated, even angry, with the options. Administrators, dealing with a tighter budget for the district and a new schedule at the middle school, are, too.
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DIXON – Former City Engineer Shawn Ortgiesen was given a notice to appear before the U.S. Attorney's Office in regard to the recovery of assets in the Rita Crundwell case, according to court documents. ... Read More »
Kassidee Richardts, 3, climbs up the slide at E.C. Smith Park in Dixon Thursday afternoon, while mother Melody Myers and father Josh Richardts look on.
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SPRINGFIELD (AP) — The Illinois Senate has approved a measure that would create a state-governed "insurance exchange" so individuals and small businesses can shop for health c
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SPRINGFIELD (AP) — The Senate has approved a plan that would ban the use of cell phones while driving.Senators voted 34-20 Thursday, but the matter must go back to the House f
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the U.S.-directed drone program, a key component of counterterrorism stra
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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Thursday’s vote on whether to lift the ban on gay youths in the Boy Scouts of America could symbolize a cultural shift.Texas businessman Barry Price was so
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CHARLESTON – When Class 1A team hardware from the boys state track and field meet is distributed Saturday afternoon, Erie-Prophetstown, Newman and Oregon could be right in the
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The 11th annual Breast Yard Sale, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, runs from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, from May 25 through June 16, at Maple Hill Farm, 1194 Mud Creek Road. In addition to antiques, collectibles and the usual yard sale treasures, the sale offers new and gently used bras and lingerie. In fact, Maidenform has donated 1,000 new bras, panties, and support wear, said sale organizer Karen Virnoche-Brown, who has raised more than $75,000 for cancer ressearch over the last decade. ... Read More »
CHAMPAIGN (AP) — Mat Jasieniecki readily admits that after he graduated from high school, he partied a bit too much, and after a while his grandparents told him to shape up.Ja
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A full moon or two ago while paging through a magazine, I noticed a cartoon. The old adage states, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” I’ll try to be an artist and paint a
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Despite expectations of political pundits, the push for same-sex “marriage” has thus far failed to get enough support to pass in the Illinois House. So, the battle to defend t
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STERLING – Dean B. Reynolds, 82, of Sterling, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Coventry Living Center in Sterling. He was employed by Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. in Sterli
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On Tuesday, the Lee County Board voted 12-9 to approve a proposed wind farm in the southwestern part of the county. That happened after 27 sessions of a public hearing held by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Is everyone wiser for it?
