Ripon College will honor 10 alumni with special awards Friday. These awards will be presented during Alumni Weekend at the 1851 Awards Dinner. Distinguished Alumni Citation ➤ Nancy Wadley Keough ‘67 of Pebble Beach, Calif., for career achievements and service to the community. Nancy Keough She is a retired lawyer...
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YORK – This year marks the 18th year the York News-Times has presented its annual Male and Female Athlete of the Year Awards. The awards were first presented in the 2005-06 school year and are designed to recognize the area athletes who go above and beyond for their respective schools...
As Central Catholic quarterback Blake Hebert sat with Clemson University football coach Dabo Swinney earlier this month, the man who has led the Tigers to a pair of National Championships passed down a few words of advice to the young signal-caller. “Coach Swinney and I spent a lot of time...
Question: Of the thousands of words in the English language, only three English words, according to Webster, begin with the letters “dw,” a number bumped up to at least four if you include proper nouns and names, and specifically one Central Illinois town. Can you name the dw- words? Answer:...
Question: Across from the courthouse in downtown Metamora are the statues of Abe Lincoln and a woman, Melissa Goings. Abe we know, but why is Goings there? Answer: In an 1857 trial in Metamora at which Goings was accused of killing her abusive husband, her lawyer, Lincoln, believed the killing...
As Central Catholic quarterback Blake Hebert sat with Clemson University football coach Dabo Swinney earlier this month, the man who has led the Tigers to a pair of National Championships passed down a few words of advice to the young signal-caller. “Coach Swinney and I spent a lot of time...
A flurry of late moves in free agency has complicated matters when it comes to projecting who will make the Buffalo Bills’ initial, 53-man roster at the end of the summer. General Manager Brandon Beane has been busy since the NFL draft concluded in April, making a series of transactions...
The Daily Minute is the Journal Star’s morning news briefing where you can get the latest news in about a minute each weekday. Previous Daily Minute videos are archived here. Good morning, Lincoln. Here are this morning’s top headlines. Open Harvest groundbreaking As downtown Lincoln continues to see development eastward,...
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Stephen Del Monte remembers the feeling he had in 2013 when he first experienced the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco. The competition that started 40 years ago began its swim portion with a plunge from a ferry into the frigid waters of the San Francisco Bay....
Check out the Huskers’ who’ve been on the All-American teams since 1999. HASTINGS — Three coaches and 13 players have been named to the 2023 Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame. They will be inducted during ceremonies to be held Saturday, June 17th at The Tom Osborne Family Sports Complex...