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MACOMB, Ill. — The NCAA held its annual Student-Athlete Leadership Forum on April 11-14. According to the NCAA, the event, which was created in 1997, has served as a life-changing experience f…

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CEDAR FALLS — UNI track and field prepares for a full week of competition beginning late Wednesday morning the 114th running of the Drake Relays held at the historic Blue Oval in Des Moines ru…

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MACOMB – The Western Illinois men’s and women’s outdoor track and field team heads west this week for one of the country’s most prestigious events, the Drake Relays.

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American history is replete with paradigm-shifting, landscape-altering, game-changing moments. Brown v. Board of Education is one of them. Little of what we knew or understood before May 17, 1954 — 70 years ago next month — resembles what came after. Good thing.

It takes me about 10 minutes longer to read a magazine than it used to. Books, too. And newspapers with a lot of sections? I age just trying to get through one.

Ma and Pa Crumbly got 10 to 15 years for the death of four high school students, plus wounding six others, and possibly a seventh. Their shooter son got life.Will those sentences also include …

A few days ago a couple of friends and I were enjoying breakfast at Micky D’s Supper Club. We were covering several main topics such as the weather, sports, motorcycles and how wonderful our w…

In the agenda for the monthly meeting of the Hancock County Board for Tuesday, April 16, is an action item for approval of Connable Road Project Bid of W.L. Miller for $4,411,875.9 under (A).

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