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Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com Jul 14, 2021 | 3:45 PM (The Center Square) – The Illinois state legislature will have to start looking for another watchdog to police them after Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope said the position is “essentially a paper tiger,” and announced she’s going to leave the post in December. In a letter to members of the bipartisan Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission Wednesday, Pope said she hoped to make a difference from the inside and improve the public’s view of the legislature by bringing true ethics reforms. “Unfortunately, I have not b...

SUMMARY John Pope was a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865) with a reputation for outspokenness and arrogance. After serving in the Mexican War (1846–1848) as an engineer, the West Point graduate fought well in the West during 1861 and 1862, prompting U.S. president Abraham Lincoln to transfer him east. There, he exacerbated his already bad relations with Union generals George B. McClellan and Fitz-John Porter by issuing a proclamation trumpeting his own generalship. When he declared that he would make his “headquarters in the saddle,” some quipped that he had mist...

Hamilton Mayhew Way: Strong when it counted Dean Karau The Star Courier Born into a family of abolitionists, his moral compass was set at an early age. His upbringing and strength of character led to Black citizens arriving in our hometown within a decade of its founding. Hamilton Mayhew Way was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1827, to Elisha A. and Anna Way. Elisha was a farmer and later a prosperous mill owner. He and Anna soon had six more children. Elisha and Anna became key components of the Underground Railway in Ohio, helping runaway slaves get to Canada. Any runaway who got as far ...