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'Important effort': Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force works to connect projects
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 5 months agoArt Wilson said he can't number the people he has seen moved to tears or simply walk away from an...
Looking Back
Daily Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year ago130 Years Ago January 14, 1893 A fire in The Blade office early Sunday morning did considerable damage. The fire was discovered by Chas. Lough, night...
Scene Calendar: Tioga Concert Night, Back to School Bash, art exhibits, more
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMUSIC Rick Springfield and Men At Work: 7 p.m. today, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A South,...
Woodville's fire department receives long-awaited new truck, which was built in Ohio
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt’s big. It’s red. It’s shiny. And like a pretty package, it arrived just in time for the holidays....
Candlelight vigil to recall Pierce City lynching, race riot in 1901
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 4—A candlelight memorial service for the African Americans killed in the race riot in Pierce City in 1901 will be held at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, the hour and date of the anniversary ...
Retro: Abe Lincoln’s hush-hush trip through Baltimore
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn the clear, crisp morning of Feb. 23, 1861, a crowd of nearly 15,000 gathered in Baltimore to greet Abraham Lincoln en route to his inauguration in Washington. It would be the last of 70 whistle ...
Tom Kacich: Miller will likely go unchallenged in 15th District in November
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 21—U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, the conservative Republican from Hindsboro in Douglas County, may be running unopposed this fall for a third term. No Democrat was listed on the March 19 primary ...
