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Tuesday Nov 18 | Evening Sun

In the Garden: Convince field mice they're unwelcome

While I was clearing withered garden debris from a perennial bed, I accidentally flushed out a mouse that was foraging close to our house.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

Thu Nov 13, 2008

Explore Howard

In the Garden with Mr. Bee

While I was clearing withered garden debris from a perennial bed, I accidentally flushed out a mouse that was foraging close to our house.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Entertainment

Sat Nov 08, 2008

Roseville Independent

Roseville Kids Place introduces Still as new Co-Director

Rosville Kids Place is proud to introduce the new Co-Director, Sheila Still. Sheila is a 1971 graduate of Abingdon High School and a 1982 graduate of Carl Sandburg College with a degree in Early Childhood ...

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Related Topix: Roseville, IL, Galesburg, IL

Thu Nov 06, 2008

Journal Star

Warren tax defeat could lead to shortfalls

Tuesday's defeat of the one-cent public safety sales tax referendum in Warren County could mean financial shortfalls in the coming years.

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Related Topix: Warren County, IL, Libraries

Wed Oct 29, 2008

KWQC-TV Davenport

Pay Raises For Abingdon City Offices

The city council of the small, Knox County town of Abingdon, Illinois has voted to raise the salaries of city leaders.

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Mon Oct 27, 2008

Journal Star

Knox County to decide on sheriff

Knox County voters will elect a sheriff and recorder of deeds when they go to the polls Nov.

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Related Topix: Knox County, IL, Galesburg, IL, St. Augustine, IL, Knoxville, IL

Fri Oct 24, 2008

Bridgeport Leader

Couple Deals with Two sons Off to War

Couple Deals with Two sons Off to War Gatehouse News Service 23 October 2008 Rod and Terri Miller's home was destroyed in a fire in 1982 when their oldest son Gary was a year old.

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Related Topix: Galva, IL, US National Guard, US Military, Galesburg, IL

Fri Oct 17, 2008

Journal Star

Avon District 176 pursues reorganization

Avon District 176 Superintendent Dan Oakley recently sent letters of invitation to four area school districts saying it would like to begin the process of reorganization.

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Related Topix: Avon, IL, Education Etc., Bushnell, IL, Prairie City, IL, Roseville, IL

Wed Sep 10, 2008

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Unscheduled Stop By Obama Shakes Up Abingdon Soda Shop

A vanilla milkshake was not on Barack Obama's official itinerary Tuesday in Southwest Virginia.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Election

Mon Sep 08, 2008

Journal Star

Galesburg man killed in two-vehicle accident

Galesburg man was killed after a two-vehicle accident south of Galesburg early Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Galesburg, IL, Knox County, IL, Peoria, IL

Sun Sep 07, 2008

STLtoday

Roadside memorials proliferate

ABINGDON, Ill. - They are not like the massive billboards and flashing neon signs calculated to grab your attention.

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Mon Aug 25, 2008

Journal Star

Dozen arrested at suspected underage drinking party

Fulton County Sheriff's deputies arrested a dozen people in Ellisville this morning while investigating a suspected underage drinking party.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, IL, Ellisville, IL, Yates City, IL, Hanna City, IL

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Journal Star

Trial scheduled for McClendon

An Aug. 18 trial was scheduled Monday for a Galesburg man accused of forcing a 17-year-old girl into his car and sexually assaulting her.

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Related Topix: Galesburg, IL, Knox County, IL

Sun Jun 22, 2008

The Times

The day water turned to gold

Lauren Romano had just five minutes to get to work late Tuesday afternoon, but she stopped in Econofoods in the vain hope the supermarket had a few bottles of Galesburg's hottest commodity.

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Related Topix: East Galesburg, IL, Knoxville, IL, Knox County, IL, Galesburg, IL

Fri Jun 20, 2008

WAND-TV Decatur

Galesburg to life boil order Friday afternoon

Galesburg officials say they expect to lift a boil order by tomorrow afternoon. The move comes after the city switched to emergency backup wells because its pumping station at Oquawka was threatened by flood ...

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Related Topix: Galesburg, IL, Oquawka, IL, East Galesburg, IL, Knoxville, IL

Wed Jun 18, 2008

WHBF-TV Rock Island

Galesburg, Abingdon & Knoxville Boil Order

Memorial Service for Tim Russert Burlington & Gulfport Flooding The presidential field has been paired from fifteen-plus candidates to just two.

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Related Topix: Knoxville, IL, Galesburg, IL, US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Wed Jun 04, 2008

Journal Star

Sex assault victim takes tip from 'CSI'

A sexual assault victim deliberately left evidence in her attacker's car in the hope it would aid the case against him, police testified Monday.

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Related Topix: Knox County, IL, Galesburg, IL

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

Opinion: Reminded of a near fatality

GALESBURG, Ill. - I was saddened to hear of the tragic loss at the Sanitary Road crossing in Abingdon last week.

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Related Topix: Galesburg, IL, Opinion

Sat May 31, 2008

Journal Star

Teen's death tough on witnesses and classmates

Three people who witnessed an Amtrak train hit and kill Shawn E. Stone-Garzee Monday night said they have no idea how or why the 13-year-old boy ended up in front of the engine.

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Thu May 29, 2008

WQAD-TV Moline

Abingdon Middle School remembers seventh grader

The gray sky matches the mood at Abingdon Middle School. Smiles in a class photo turn to sadness.

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Related Topix: Knox County, IL

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