Mattoon Street Arts Festival to return for 51st time
SPRINGFIELD — The Mattoon Arts Festival returns for its 51st edition on Sept. 7 and 8 on Mattoon Street in downtown Springfield.
Ludlow mobile home park residents take their case to housing court
SPRINGFIELD — The residents at the West Street Village Community in Ludlow, a mobile home park, have taken their case of their landlord increasing the rents from $207 to $503.60 a month to Western Housing Court.
Have Constitutional freedoms actually been ‘lost?’
I really get tired of people claiming they have lost their “freedoms” during liberal administrations such as Biden/Harris.
Summer brings back memories of drive-ins and ice cream trucks
It’s interesting — and frustrating — how memory works. I forget why I walked into the kitchen to get something and once I get there I have no idea what my mission was about. Inevitably I have to walk out of the room and walk back into it to dislodge the thought from some closed part of my brain. And yet a whole flood of memories about events from years ago bubble up to the surface.
McKnight challenges Williams for state rep. seat
SPRINGFIELD — In one of the few contested local political seats in the area, the incumbent said he hasn’t finished the job and the challenger said his opponent has become “a typical career politician.”