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Helping the helpers: YMCA builds strong minds, bodies
Some have had to reduce hours or services and others are using reserve funds to continue. Although these groups receive funding from Prairieland United Way, those funds are also limited and were...
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Spirit of givingreflected througha timeless letter
An 8-year-old girl named Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun in 1897 and the response was printed as an unsigned editorial. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus...
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A season of giving: Kids asked how they would spend $1 million, and thoughts...
The holiday season inspires people in different ways, whether receiving or giving gifts or spending time with family members. Students at Washington Elementary School had varying thoughts on what their...
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Commentary: Once part of Germany, now in Poland
Historically, the former German province of Schlesien (Silesia in English, Slask in Polish) was bordered by the rivers Queiss (Kwisa in Polish) and Bober (Bobr in Polish). In 1815, what was then the...
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‘Year of Deep Snow’ set standard for winter in Illinois
The last few weeks have brought the usual winter weather to Illinois, with freezing temperatures, periodic snow and bone-chilling rain. But it’s certainly nothing compared to the “Year of the Deep...
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Bath salts, crime among focus of laws in new year
Lawmakers hope a new law on synthetic drugs will finally stamp out a highly addictive problem for Illinois. The Bath Salt Prohibition Act defines the type of synthetic drugs that are contained in...
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Fire days before Christmas leaves family rebuilding
EXETER — Donations are helping ease the stress and heartache of a family that lost nearly everything in a house fire just days before Christmas. Fire destroyed the home of Travis Adams and his fiancee,...
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MONDAY • Hileman, Marilyn Ann (Little). Noon Monday at Airsman-Hires Funeral home in White Hall. Visitation 10 a.m. until service time Monday at the funeral home. — TUESDAY • Brinker, Ellen A....
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Group hopes to breathe life into old cannon
CARLINVILLE – After successful efforts to restore two Civil War flags, members of the Macoupin County Civil War Roundtable are working to restore a historic cannon on the grounds of the Macoupin County...
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The way we were: Atlas gives detailed sketch of county in 1872
Many of Morgan County’s prominent business owners and wealthy farmers found immortality, or something like it, when they looked under their Christmas trees in 1872. That was the year that a large...
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Law offers homeless chance at diploma
A law that will go into effect in 2017 will give the chance for those who are homeless to take the high school equivalency test for free. Regional Superintendent Jill Reis said the law will provide...
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Commentary: Taking on a union Goliath
Mark Janus is a David ready to take on a Goliath. You’ve probably never heard of Mark. He’s just an Ordinary Joe tucked away in a non-descript government building in Springfield. But soon his name may...
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Bison return to state, spur good news
It’s been about 30 years in the making, but bison have returned to Illinois, and they’re bringing positive economic and environmental news with them. Cody Considine, the restoration ecologist at...
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Reader photo: Holding on
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Court clears doubt over snow-shoveling
Property owners can take comfort, but shouldn’t lapse into negligence, now that the Illinois Supreme Court has clarified a 1979 state law protecting them from some slip-and-fall lawsuits. The high...
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Brighton man dies in fire
BRIGHTON (AP) — An autopsy has been scheduled for an 83-year-old man found dead Christmas morning after a fire broke out in his southwestern Illinois garage. The Macoupin County Coroner’s Office...
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TUESDAY • Brinker, Ellen A. (Schulte). Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Monday at St. John’s Church with prayer service held 3:50 p.m. Monday. Airsman-Hires Funeral Home...
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Reader photo: On the prowl
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Police Beat
Morgan County Jacksonville Police ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Kody L. Baker, 22, of 222 Lurton St. was arrested at 2:11 p.m. Monday on a warrant accusing him of violating probation on a theft charge. — Cass...
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Home ‘sharing’ drawing money, but also concern
Home-sharing company AirBnB said Illinois hosts pulled in $73 million in supplemental income this year, hosting more than 430,000 bookings. “It’s been convenient to have some supplemental income,” host...
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