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GoRedbirds.com Originally published on April 15, 2021 3:54 pm Bill Kennedy, a retired Illinois State University softball coach and longtime educator, has died, according to the university's athletic department.  Kennedy served as ISU's pitching coach for 24 years starting in the 1980s. He mentored four All-American pitchers. He was also part of the coaching staff which won the Missouri Valley Conference Coaching Staff of the Year in 2006. Kennedy also taught for many years. He served as principal at Heyworth grade school and junior high. ISU head softball coach Melinda Fischer said Kenn...

Ocala gardening | A Vision: Working Together and Change Judy Greenberg — Helen Keller, early 1920s A National Garden Club Grant Program resulting in matching funds for the Pioneer Garden Club Tuscawilla Art Park Project was based upon Helen Keller’s philosophy. Together, the Pioneer Garden Club, Marion Big Scrub Native Plant Society, Marion Audubon Society, Marion Daylily Society and the City of Ocala accomplished a restoration project to beautify the Historic Tuscawilla Art Park during the past 12 months. The project implemented the environmental practice of restoring native plants in...

HIRE AND HIGHER Some close friends are going to holiday in the Apple Isle in the next few weeks. They were able to secure flights and accommodation for reasonable prices, but were stunned at the cost of car hire. It is near impossible to secure basic car hire for less than $1000 a week which makes a fly-drive holiday rather expensive. I can't recall car hire being that expensive pre-COVID and wonder if this is just car rental companies taking advantage of travel starved Australians. Peter Miniutti, Ashbury, NSW OVERSEAS V OVER HERE If Australian tourism operators want Australian residents to...

Top-rated Airbnbs near Michigan wineries Updated Mar 08, 2021; Facebook Share Sipping wine, soaking in the gorgeous scenery: Is there anything not to love about a trip through Michigan wine country? And with two distinct destinations to choose from — southwest Michigan and northwest Michigan are both home to robust wine trails — there are tons of possibilities when it come to planning a great trip. Of course, these days it’s not only about what you’ll do when you’re on vacation, it’s about where you might stay after the day’s adventures are done. Whether you’re looking to em...

‘I’m super excited and so grateful’: Power crews work nonstop to turn the lights back on ‘I’m super excited and so grateful’: Power crews work nonstop to turn the lights back on By Karina Bolster | February 15, 2021 at 6:40 PM EST - Updated February 15 at 7:02 PM CHESTERFIELD Co., Va. (WWBT) - Electric crews are finding success with restoring power to tens of thousands of people as the weather “warms” up across Central Virginia. As of 5 p.m. Monday, nearly 19,000 Dominion Energy customers in the metro-Richmond/Tri-Cities area were still without pow...