STERLING – Saryn Seeley, 11, is not keeping her prize. She instead (at the suggestion of her father) is raffling it off and donating the proceeds to the Gainey family, whose son has stage 4 colon cancer. ... Read More »
STERLING – Marty Wolf joked that he always ends up in Jean Dempsey's barber chair because it's empty. But then the truth came out. Marty, who gets his hair cut every 2 weeks, rearranges his schedule to visit the Sterling Barbershop early in the week, when Jean is on duty.
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SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims testified Monday in favor of an Illinois limit on the size of ammunition magazines, a proposal that
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CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – A van carrying 11 men returning from a California religious gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times Monday, killing
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Milledgeville has one of the best pitchers in the area in Emily Bush. So, when she was sidelined with injuries for some 3 weeks of the season, what were the Missiles to do. They turned to Morgan Adolph.
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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 »
Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been together a year and a half. I regret moving in with him when I did, which was after only 3 months of dating.We have been through a lot,
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ROCKFORD (AP) — Confronted by the deafening hiss and intense heat of a flaming natural-gas leak, Mike DeLaRosa puts faith in his heavy layers of firefighting gear and ignores
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Have you ever heard the riddle that asks “Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?” My question is, which one takes up more space? Consider your body. While a
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We adamantly oppose Rock Island Clean Line placing power transmission lines through our state of Illinois. The cost in our natural resources, health quality, and finances woul
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A state audit revealed that a large amount of Road Fund money is not going toward road construction. No wonder Illinoisans are dodging a lot of potholes this spring.
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TAMPICO – Edna Fern Swartzentruber Schrock was born July 9, 1925, near Kalona, Iowa, to Loyd and Elva (Kempf) Swartzentruber.She peacefully passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, a
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CHADWICK – Martin Robert Svatik, 70, of Chadwick, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.McDonald Funeral Home in Milledgeville is handling arrangemen
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