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100 years ago

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SPRINGFIELD- Solid pitching propelled the Wahoo Medicine Man Junior Blues to a pair of 2-1 wins over the ETC Knights and Omaha Roncalli in the Eastern Nebraska League Tournament at

HANNIBAL — A one-of-a-kind wooden archway now graces a master garden between 217 and 223 Broadway, showcasing the creative teamwork of two Hannibal natives and their friends.

The show revolves around the correspondence of Olive Gilbreath McLorn, a Missouri native and world traveler.

“Spoon River Anthology” (1915) by Edgar Lee Masters, a collection of autobiographical verse monologues in epitaph form, was named by Eliot Weinberger as the “century’s most influential book of American poetry” alongside T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land.” A new book on Masters from University of Illinois Press is a good occasion for examining the neglected subject of Spoon River’s Jews. An attorney who fought for workers’ rights, Masters has been described as a “violent antisemite,...

These violent, sick murderers and child sex monsters are out on our streets after being paroled in the past two years. One took part in a gruesome killing where their victims head was severed with a tomahawk and used as a bowling ball and a puppet. Another was caught on hospital CCTV smothering her baby in its cot, and one is a notorious former bikie involved in a shopping centre shootout. We look at six of our most notorious killers and paedophiles released onto southeast Queensland street...

Wrestling: Letting loose pays off for Pickerington Norths Erik Gomez ThisWeek group Not only has Erik Gomez become one of Pickerington North’s most successful wrestlers, but coach Derek Oney sees the senior as perhaps the Panthers’ most exciting competitor. “He’s not flashy. He’s technical but he uses some high-amplitude moves that get people fired up. I don’t think he realizes he does, but he does,” Oney said. “That’s how he practices and competes.” Gomez smiled at the sugg...