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Financial Aid Staff hosting virtual FAFSA Completion event Canton Daily Ledger CANTON—Financial aid staff at Spoon River College is hosting a remote/virtual FAFSA Completion for Canton High School seniors and parents Tuesday, Feb. 16. Google Meet sessions will be available at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. Students should contact Lisa Nesbitt at Canton High School, 309-647-1820 to sign up for the session of their choice. “We’ll provide information on applying for federal and state grants, scholarships, and student loans,” said Jo Branson, director of financial aid at Spoon River College. ...

Canton Daily Ledger The Spoon River Electric Operation Round Up Committee recently donated $2,500 to five of the local food pantries within their service territory and $1,500 to the VIT High School Science Lab. Pantries receiving donations include; the Cuba Food Pantry, 1st Baptist Church of Canton Food Pantry, St. Mary’s Food Pantry of Canton, Glasford United Methodist Church Food Pantry, and the Bushnell Area Ministerial Association Food Pantry. The Spoon River Electric Operation Round Up Committee has been very fortunate to continue donating to local organizations and food pantries throu...

Live performances, virtual audiences BC senior Jacob Kelleher, director of "Proof,” which kicks off the new season. (Lee Pellegrini) Student thespians will take to the Robsham Theater Arts Center stage for live performances this semester. But instead of playing to a full house, their audiences will be virtual. Among the productions is the premiere of a play conceived last fall by 2014 alumna Maggie Kearnan, which she wrote specifically for performance during the pandemic. "Before last September, this play was not even a twinkle in her eye,” according its director, Professor of Theatre Sco...

Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge / Facebook When you rack your brain for places to get away for a weekend, Havana, Illinois, might not be top of mind. At first glance, Havana has a lot of raw ingredients needed for tourism. The Mason County seat sits along the Illinois River, about an hour's drive away from Peoria, Springfield, or Bloomington, as the crow flies. University of Illinois recreation and tourism professor Dr. Sharon Zou says proximity to population hubs aren't the city's only asset. "The Main Street downtown redevelopment is really impressive. So we kind of have a nice combin...

(OLNEY) also in Men’s and Women’s JUCO Hoops from Saturday – there was two Great Rivers Athletic Conference games and a few District teams in action MEN * Vincennes beat Highland, 69-58 * Spoon River beat St. Louis, 69-55 WOMEN * Parkland beat Wabash Valley, 71-64 * Kaskaskia beat Danville, 82-73 * Three Rivers beat John A. Logan, 110-60 * Mineral Area beat Vincennes, 74-64 among the many games scheduled for tonight * the OCC Lady Knights open up their season and GRAC schedule on the road * the OCC women are at Lake Land College, south of Mattoon, for a 6:00 tipoff