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January 30, 2024
Looking to start a small business? A little help may come in the form of the 2024 City of Macomb Small Business Competition.
January 25, 2024
My hometown Toulon, Illinois, is a small farm community of 1,200 souls about three hours southwest of the Chicago sprawl. During my youth, it featured five gas stations; four churches; three grocery stores and two doctors, which said something about gas, God and medicine in my 1960s rural America.
November 18, 2023
The Lost Canvas Coffee Shop and Art Store, a hub for local art and literature at 719 Main Street in Keokuk, is set to host its monthly Meet the Author
October 31, 2023
Judges for the long-running wine competition described the vermouth made at this Illinois winery as "stunning."
October 31, 2023
Judges for the long-running wine competition described the vermouth made at this Illinois winery as "stunning."
October 12, 2023
SIU University Press recently published “The New Star Chamber and Other Essays" by Edgar Lee Masters, which was edited by SIUE students and designed by SIU students in a collaborative
October 11, 2023
Some of us have the luxury of growing older, some do not. Hopefully as we grow older, we grow wiser and are more understanding and compassionate. We also lose loved
September 12, 2023
(1) GENRE SQUEAKS IN. [Item by Cora Buhlert.] Amazingly, there actually is one genre book on the Deutscher Buch Preis (German Book Prize) longlist, which is quite unusual for this award, which tends to go to family sagas with historical background or novels about rootless young people in the big city. The novel in question
September 10, 2023
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University volleyball team extended their winning streak to eight games Saturday afternoon after sweeping Spoon River College 25-13, 25-11, 25-16 and defeating Jefferson College 19-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-23, 15-9 on the final day of the Blazer Classic. The Blazers got
September 10, 2023
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer volleyball team picked up a massive statement win Friday night at the Student Recreation Center at VU, sweeping Mineral Area College, who received votes to be in the top-20 National Rankings this week, 26-24, 25-23, 25-22. The Blazers got the e