Arcola News

The Student Government will hold its final meeting before Thanksgiving Break at 7 p.m. today in the Arcola/Tuscola room in the Martin Luther King Jr.

As night falls on this gorgeous white winter night Thoughts of childhood joy fill me with delight Reminiscing to the way I would scurry down to our tree All in hopes of finding a gift from Saint Nick just for me Would I get the gift that I had so desperately wished for? Or was I really good this year, about to receive even more? I can also recall ...

Children are amazing when it comes to the Holiday season. We teach them about all our family traditions and we encourage an awareness of the true meaning of Christmas.

As daylight flies quickly to cold winter nights, I seek out a Christmas of simple delights: of carols, and laughter, of cranberry strings, and tinsel, and angels with feathery wings.

The Student Senate appointed three new justices to the Student Supreme Court during Wednesday's meeting at the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr.

The regular textbook sales period for the fall semester began Thursday and continues until Nov.

The Princeton-Kewanee rivalry, which Friday, came to a close, or at least put on hold, has been thought of locally as the longest continuously rivalry in the state.

A solution to student debt may be 10 weeks away. Debtbusters, a free 10-week program sponsored by the Health Education Resource Center, begins at 7 p.m. today in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr.

A beauty wants everyone to know she had a face transplant. The public is invited to an open house Friday at 11 a.m. at 107 E. Main St.

Latin American Heritage Month activities at Eastern Illinois University will once again take place during September and October, with the major event -- the annual Latino Heritage Month Banquet -- set for Friday, Sept.

The 2009 Homecoming Committee will have its first meeting with all Greeks, Registered Student Organizations and residence halls at 9:30 p.m. today in the Arcola/Tuscola Room in the Martin Luther King Jr.

"I always get in the last word," says Ben Graber as he grins at his wife, Betty, standing next to him in their comfortable farmhouse.

A Rochester museum will be adopting Raggedy Ann and Andy when the museum that houses them in Ohio closes its doors for good.

" The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs hosted a Legion of Honor Medal ceremony for 11 World War II Veterans at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago today.

I didn't even know this existed. A museum dedicated to my first and favorite childhood doll: Raggedy Ann.

The Northwest Allen County Schools board approved slashing more than $580,000 from the district's budget Monday but managed to avoid laying anybody off by absorbing the cuts through attrition.

Graduates prepare to approach the commencement stage during last year's ceremony on May 3 in Lantz Arena.

Student Body President Levi Bulgar gives his State of the University address at Wednesday night's Student Senate meeting in the Arcola/Tuscola room of the Martin Luther King Jr.