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Challenging Times: Wrestling continues to feel impact of pandemic era 12/16/20 11:48 PM FORTVILLE — Earlier this month, Mt. Vernon wrestling coach Chad Masters was looking forward to some sort of normalcy. After spending the required time in COVID-19 contact tracing quarantine prior to and shortly after the Marauders’ season opener against Western on Dec. 2, Masters played the waiting game before returning to the wrestling room. The Marauders had recently competed in the Shamrock Duals on D...

Welcome back. theres a new call to rally young voters to participate in americas political process. with the jobless rates soaring, crime and violence at an all-time high, every voice matters out there. when president obama was elected the younger generation was motivated. it showed when they poured out in droves to vote in the 2008 election. 22 to 24 million young people hit the polls. an increase in youth turnout by 2. 2 million voters over the 2,0004 election. young voters may have been the k...

Executive director of the league of young voters. thanks for your time. appreciate you coming in today, because its really cold outside. chuck, what happened? we saw this surge of the youth vote and people coming out that wanted to effect ching. w change. why has that dissipated? >> 2009 was a special period of time. a lot of people were very disenfranchised with the previous eight years in some of the things they had witnessed under the previous presidents administration. and i think that a lot...