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Pontiac Daily Leader BLOOMINGTON –– The 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday Gospel Festival will take place, virtually, on Monday, Jan. 18. The festival will be streamed live via Illinois Wesleyan University’s YouTube channel (www.iwu.edu/gospelfest) from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Due to the ongoing pandemic, videos of performances and speakers were submitted and edited together into the two-hour presentation, which will also be made available to watch on-demand. Presented by Ill...

Si, Cisco. Forty years ago, Long Valley, Idaho, was home to a world-class stick dog named Cisco. By “stick dog” I mean a critter with an obsession for fetching chunks of wood that overrides all other considerations, like digging holes in petunia patches, rolling in cow manure or, in Cisco’s case, even the urge to mate. My daughter and I were living in a bunkhouse while I was cow-personing for a couple of pieces of summer pasture. Like most cowfolks, we had to have a few dogs to d...

The synopsis: For Mac gamers in the 90s, the people of Ambrosia Software were rockstars. Heroes. And with brilliant games like Maelstrom, Escape Velocity, Harry the Handsome Executive, Apeiron, and more, plus a company newsletter that spoke directly to the fans, they could do no wrong. In light of Ambrosias recent closure (finally!), Secret History of Mac Gaming author Richard Moss recounts the studios high and lowpoints and tells the stories behind its best games. Thanks as always to my suppor...