SLPS says testing for Legionella bacteria at its central office began after state health officials notified them May 27 of a Legionnaire's disease case involving an employee.
BUZZ MAGAZINE – On January 30th, A. K. Frailey published her personal reflections on life, love, faith & family in her third book in the My Road series, My Road Goes Ever On: Rise Again. March 28th, she published the first in a new children’s book series, Wise Home. Her adult daughters, Laura and Rebekah Frailey, drew all the illustrations, creating heart-to-heart art without an ounce of AI. On May 28th, her third collection of short stories, Spice of Life: And Other Stories, was
BUZZ MAGAZINE – Today, many complain about roadside billboards, calling them boring and an eyesore. In past eras, highway advertising was much more interesting. This year marks the centennial of Route 66, and it’s also the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Burma Shave signs, a series of five or six simple signs that entertained motorists with rhyming poems. Today, replica Burma-Shave signs are found along Route 66 in Illinois near Towanda, north of Bloomington Normal,
BUZZ MAGAZINE – When Route 66 was created in 1926, it found plenty of traffic. Illinoisans, as elsewhere, were falling in love with the automobile throughout the decade, and highways like Route 66 began to crisscross the state. Route 66 was one of many improvements that revolutionized transportation and economic growth around the state. After struggling over paths of ankle-deep mud for decades, Illinois residents were ready for a major overhaul of their roads in the early twentieth century.
A June 4, 1926 article in the Alton Evening Telegraph described Shurtleff College junior Margery Elizabeth Fish’s unanimous victory in an all-college oratory competition, the Atchison Prize in Oratory, held on June 3. Eight women participated in all. A men’s competition, the Haynes Prize, had been held in the past, but this was the first women’s oratorical contest ever held at Shurtleff during the college’s ninety-nine year history. Fish’s oration, titled
DeKALB, Ill. – More than 2,300 students received their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Northern Illinois University in May. Included among the graduates were the following students from your area: HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, MAJOR Brighton, IL Thomas Schlafer, Bachelor of Science, Sport Management Glen Carbon, IL Jaren Alnutt, Master of Science, Sport Management About Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University is a student-centered,
BUZZ MAGAZINE – A great way to grow a lot of food in a relatively small amount of space is by using the indigenous gardening method, the Three Sisters Garden. A Three Sisters Garden is a companion gardening method that utilizes three different plants with three different growth habits that all support each other to maximize their yields for you. Doing this gives you three staple crops in one plot of ground, and if you are intentional, you can even add some cousins to the plot to add some
BUZZ MAGAZINE – The original alignment of Route 66, which ran north-south through Macoupin County from 1926-30 and is Illinois Route 4 today, has long been rumored as a highway for gangster movement. The road was also used for smaller, less organized crimes. In early 1928, a crime spree that stretched from Peoria to Girard used the original Route 66 as part of its getaway, racing through Macoupin County before being nailed by an unlikely source – a Staunton newspaper editor who wa
BUZZ MAGAZINE – Six episodes of the award-winning PBS travel series Samantha Brown’s Places to Love featuring America’s iconic Route 66 have been officially designated an Official Route 66 Centennial Project, recognizing the series’ role in celebrating the historic highway as it approaches its 100th anniversary in 2026. Hosted by two-time Emmy Award-winning travel expert Samantha Brown, the episodes take viewers on a journey along the full length of Route 66, highlighting
SOUTH ROXANA – A church in South Roxana is set to gain a solar energy system after recent permit approval. Village Board members voted 5-1 on June 2, 2026 to approve a special use permit for an accessory solar energy system for Connect Church, located at 1417 Herbert St. When the item came up for a vote, Board Member Tammy Adams asked why the solar energy system couldn’t be installed on the building itself. Mayor TJ Callahan said the building cannot support the weight of the sola
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