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If you think playing a trick on someone is child’s play, wait until you see the collapsing stairs, fake guillotine and spinning wheel goat in Greenville, Illinois. Such adult hazing devices and more await you at the DeMoulin Museum in this town 70 miles south of Springfield. In Greenville you can go from learning the […]

As events may be canceled or rescheduled at the last moment, please first check with the host or venue when making plans to attend an event. “Negro Leagues Beisbol” Through Oct. 30. Open during normal museum hours. This traveling exhibit was developed to explore the connections of African American baseball history with Hispanic cultures, communities […]

After a lean year, weddings are beginning to make a comeback. “We’re starting to see people wanting to get dressed up again, believe it or not,” says Marc Maslauski, owner of Jim Herron Ltd. “I think we have 13 different weddings booked this year.” The big trend in wedding attire right now is groomsmen suit […]

What they know that you should Local celebrity Gus Gordon from Springfield has been involved in theater since 1980 and is celebrating his 41st year as a performer. He has been in well over 100 shows during that time, and has either been in, worked on, produced or directed over 200 productions. He has been […]

Clothing is more than just pieces of fabric that you wear – it is a means of self-expression. In men’s fashion, one of today’s most popular forms of this is the stylish windowpane pattern suit. “For the last five years or so that is the style everyone is looking for,” says Marc Maslauski, owner of […]

Contemporary blues guitarist David Lumsden from Springfield has been playing music since he was 10 years old, over 50 years ago. He has lived and traveled as a professional musician most of his adult life and has opened for bands such as Heart, Wayne Shepherd and The Allman Brothers Band. He is currently working on […]

Today’s students pay a hefty price for a college education. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports that between 1968 and 2019, tuition rates at four-year public institutions in the U.S. grew from $324 in 1968 to $10,232 in 2019 – an increase of 3,009 percent. With college expenses rising about 8 percent each […]

Don’t snack. No grazing allowed. None. Eat only at mealtime. Fast between. We have more than enough vittles at meals to provide the energy we need, regardless of how active we are or what work we do. Snacking spikes the production of insulin, leading to insulin resistance, the precursor to chronic disease. Insulin is a […]

Discover Decatur for some summer fun By Mary Bohlen Photos by Brent Bohlen Decatur gets a bad rap. Some travelers think of it as a place to pass on their way to Champaign-Urbana. Others know when they get close because of the distinctive soybean processing smell. Parts of the city, like plenty of others, need […]

Tammy Duckworth, born to an American father and a Thai mother, lived in Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Singapore, Honolulu and Washington D.C., but when she drove through Illinois to study at Northern Illinois University, she said she felt she was “home.” Today, Illinois is still home, and she serves as the state’s U.S. senator, along with […]

I love books. I love reading. I am a retired librarian, so I come by this trait honestly, thanks to my profession. I love to cook. As a result, I have a passion for cookbooks. I have a closet full of cookbooks; they are shelved two or three deep. No, they are not cataloged, but […]