Ever been bullied? I have. A long time ago. Still haunts me.
Just as our elected state government officials — all of them — were failing us again this week on fundamental matters of a budget, the Clinton nuclear power plant quietly and efficiently went back online. In fact, workers set a U.S. record for a boiling water reactor, needing only 11 days to…
A valedictory feeling filled the air Thursday when Ed Rust Jr. addressed an overflow crowd of State Farm retirees at the DoubleTree.
Every small town has its patriots. Minonk has its own band of brothers. Seven sons of Michael and Sara Petri were in uniform at the same time during World War II.
I’m having a hard time understanding the fuss about Donald Trump adding his name (his “brand,” he says) to his architecturally brilliant skyscraper in downtown Chicago.
We buried my father this week. If you’ve had the same experience, you understand why I want to tell you about my dad. There’s some rationale for the “telling” appearing right here. You see, he was a writer of letters to the editor. Some of them appeared on this page.
People were polite as they entered U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood’s town hall meeting this week, perhaps surprised to find the tall rookie congressman greeting each of them at the door of the Tazewell County event. Many told him they appreciated the chance to listen and be heard.
Ever been bullied? I have. A long time ago. Still haunts me.
If you’ve been on the business end of an MRI or CT-scan, you understand the gravity of what I’m about to implore: Technologists should never, ever shake their heads, divert their eyes, furrow their brows, click their tongues, wiggle their noses or, as was the case in my instance, wish the pa…
I should have dug a little deeper last August when I asked state lottery officials about how often big winning tickets are sold but never cashed. The data were available for “draw games” (like the daily jackpot), but not for “instant games” (the “scratchers”). Why was that?
Driving south (way south) on Interstate 55 one day last week, we stopped for lunch about a hundred miles north of New Orleans, determined to find a home-grown restaurant.
Normal Mayor Chris Koos probably wishes the Illinois attorney general’s office had waited just a few more days to respond to a months-old request for an opinion about the town’s rules governing public comment at council meetings.
The speakers’ platform at Tuesday’s event where Gov. Bruce Rauner heralded Rivian Automotive’s purchase of the vacant Mitsubishi plant was a gloomy metaphor for the state of affairs between our local municipal governments.
A roundup of short news items from the week.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Pantagraph.
Illinois State University Cheer trained a new batch of Redbird fans during a Cheer Clinic on Sunday ahead of a halftime performance at the men's basketball game later that day.
Coach Lauren Morris and Lucy Comins talk about the importance of cheer.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ These Indiana lotteries were drawn Monday:
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
Michael Jackson’s 26-year-old nephew, Jaafar Jackson, will play the King of Pop in the planned biopic “Michael” to be directed by Antoine Fuqua. Lionsgate announced Jackson’s casting Monday for the film being produced by Oscar-winning “Bohemian Rhapsody” producer Graham King. Jackson is the second-youngest son of Michael's brother, Jermaine Jackson. He’s put out music of his own; in 2019, he released his debut single, “Got Me Singing.” “Michael” will be Jackson’s acting debut. King says that he was “blown away by the way he organically personifies the spirit and personality of Michael.”
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The November election saw the demographics of the Illinois Supreme Court shift to a majority female court for the first time.