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An art teacher at Central Junior High School in Kewanee is teaching his class history, while helping them create something truly unique and he’s creating a few young stars in the process.
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A congregation of friends, family, and veterans celebrated three Peoria WWII servicemen. Over a hundred people came out on a sunny Saturday afternoon to honor Baxter Fite Jr.’s 100th birthday, officially April 12, at Bethany Baptist Church in Edwards.
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For decades, Dr. Harold Kasimow kept his Holocaust survival story largely to himself. He didn't feel he had the right to tell it. "I always felt that, you…
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The Easley Pioneer Museum in the little town of Ipava closed this week for the season, so if you want to see the museum’s display on Camp Ellis, you’ll…
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A central Illinois library is screening a series of documentaries to mark the state's bicentennial.The Pekin Public Library will screen a dozen…
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A restored World War II cannon that was taken away from a cemetery south of Chicago because it was falling apart is about to return. The 1943 U.S. Army M5…
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Bradley University is commemorating the life of a respected professor emeritus and World War II pilot.99-year-old Mildred “Duke” Caldwell died in her…
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The daughter of a World War II veteran who died 47 years ago has finally received her father’s Purple Heart.The medal was originally awarded to the late…
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CHICAGO (AP) - Family members of Navy pilot Edward "Butch" O'Hare are gathering at his namesake Chicago airport to mark the 75th anniversary of his heroic…
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The National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago has acquired 31 screen prints by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr. An exhibit of Vonnegut artwork is on…