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Commentary: Getting out of the country
People say that travel broadens your horizons. I think they mean that observing different cultures expands our sense of what is possible and possibly good that we had not known about before. Some...
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Illinois now island among right-to-work states
Illinois is now surrounded by states that have a key attraction for job creators across the nation. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signed a bill Monday lifting the requirement for workers to pay union...
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Help wanted: Teachers — Schools finding it difficult to keep classroom spots...
While there’s hope changes to requirements will bring more teachers into the classrooms, school administrators aren’t sure it will be a solution to a growing problem. Eighty-nine percent of the school...
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Red Cross assisting fire victims
American Red Cross volunteers are helping an adult and four children with clothing and finding a place to stay after a weekend fire at a Goltra Avenue residence. Police were called Sunday morning to a...
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Police Beat
Family gets help after weekend fire American Red Cross volunteers are helping an adult and four children with clothing and finding a place to stay after a weekend fire at a Goltra Avenue residence....
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Hospital volunteers proven key to smooth running
For Passavant Area Hospital volunteer Nancy Wynn, the activities she does at the hospital provided her with a weekly habit that has remained with her for 48 years. Starting in 1969, Wynn started...
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Coming to America
Aseel Jan (right) from Iraq hugs U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis after Jan and 116 others from 37 countries became citizens during a naturalization ceremony Tuesday in Chicago. .neFileBlock {...
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Upcoming Services for Feb. 8
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) • Compton, Rose M. Memorial service 10 a.m. today at Williamson Funeral Home in Jacksonville. • Mathewson Mohlenbruck, Shirley Ann. 10 a.m. today at Sugar Grove United Methodist...
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EarthTalk: The ‘97% myth’ and believers
The so-called “Myth of the Climate Change 97%” refers to the argument made by climate skeptics who dispute the notion that 97 percent of climate scientists have achieved consensus that global warming...
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Editorial: Winter still here, even though hope for spring grows
Daylight is lasting longer. The bleak and dismal part of the year seems to be behind us. We’re now in the shortest month of the year, followed by the month that brings spring. But don’t let the...
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Jacksonville District 117 school Superintendent Steve Ptacek will present more information during meetings Thursday and Friday about the district’s re-boundary process. Ptacek will present results of...
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Commentary: For many, the next recession here
Illinois is not working. Since the end of the Great Recession, most members of the Illinois General Assembly have taken one of two approaches to this throbbing reality. The first is to close their...
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Editorial: Winter still here, even though hope for spring grows
Daylight is lasting longer. The bleak and dismal part of the year seems to be behind us. We’re now in the shortest month of the year, followed by the month that brings spring. But don’t let the...
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Businessman Kennedy to run for governor
Democratic businessman Chris Kennedy said Wednesday he will run for Illinois governor in 2018, bringing the instant name recognition of his family’s political legacy to what will likely be a sharply...
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Film fests expand viewing options
The first months of a calendar year can be slow from a moviegoer’s standpoint, with studios often declining to release their better fare until closer to the start of the autumn awards races. But two...
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Reader photo: Eaves dropping
A drift of snow on a roof gives the appearance of more snow than what actually fell in west-central Illinois on Wednesday. Most places in the region saw about an inch of snow, although it was closer to...
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Resolutions celebrate history of Route 66
U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis, Darin LaHood and Grace F. Napolitano have introduced two bipartisan bills to commemorate the historical significance of Route 66. House Resolution 66 establishes a commission...
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Editorial: Sensible executive order on military deserves share of attention
President Donald Trump issued two executive orders on Jan. 27, his seventh day in office. The one on immigration is still stealing the front page headlines across the nation. The other, on the...
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Commentary: Getting answers, but no knowledge
Greetings from the Ridge. I can still smell the carpet. I’d plop myself down on the living room floor and gaze at the row of burgundy books, The American People’s Encyclopedia, drag one onto the floor...
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Show demonstrates talent of group members
The girls of the Anchor Club of Jacksonville played, danced, sang and acted their way through the first talent show held by the club. With performances of songs, piano, ukulele and dancing, members of...
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