Though the date of the publication says it’s April 30, when this paper hits the newsstands, it will actually be April 29, a momentous day in my household. That was the day my daughter Sarah was born. It was also a day when I scored no high points for being a sympathetic husband/soon-to-be-dad.
Though Ku Klux Klan leader S. Glenn Young was killed on Jan. 24, 1925, the Klan’s hold on Williamson County remained tight.
Claire is the most unforgettable person I ever had the pleasure of meeting. My hands finally were so bad I couldn’t type any more, and on a Thursday evening, seven Illinois State students came to Blair House to operate the Bingo game for the residents who were interested.
Frank Sinatra sang it in the 1960s and it can be said with a confident hope in and for the future—The best is yet to come.
We all remember what it was like to walk through the doors on the first day of freshman year.
The Cass County Housing Authority will receive $17,103 under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations (CARES) Act authorized by Congress, according to a press release from Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL).
The trees are leafing out and the fruit trees are blooming. We have colors of red, white and pink. It makes for a beautiful scene. I just got to see my daughter and son-in-law who came Sunday and helped mow. Everything looks neat.
In a matter of days, education as we knew it shifted in a way no one expected. Normally, it would have been the last quarter of the academic year with spring sports, proms, concerts, graduation plans and students’ last efforts to boost their grades for the year. Those plans, however, have for the most part gone by the wayside
Potpourri—Joe Barrow, QB for LSU, goes No. 1 in the NFL Draft— Area golf courses get the green light to open, but with a lot of restrictions—Diana Taurasi, best women’s basketball player ever; her legacy speaks for itself - 3 times WNBA champion, WNBA all-time leading scorer, 2 times WNBA Finals MVP, 4 Gold Medals, 3 times NCAA Champion (U MASS), enough said!
The COVID-19 outbreak in Cass County has pushed the county, and the health department in particular, into the forefront of area news coverage, but behind the scenes a small band of county officials are working to limit the overall impact of the disease.