Cherry News

When my mom was alive and living at Liberty Village in Peru, once a week I would do her grocery shopping and then stop by for a visit.

Residents in Cherry, Ill., are looking back in time to a day one century ago. November 13, 1909, exactly 100 years ago this Friday, was the day of the Cherry Mine disaster.

CBW Agencies recently announced its matching gift program will benefit Illinois Valley Public Action To Deliver Shelter, which provides shelter and case management to the homeless.

We the People will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Princeton Public Library. A preschool story hour will be held Tuesday with the theme “Sea Creatures.” The program will be held in the Youth Services Department, and preschool children and their parents or guardians are welcome to attend.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Construction in the King City came in at $185,700 in October, and an additional two business projects without projected costs.

Recognizing the tragic loss of life that occurred in the underground coal mine at Cherry, Nov.

The Bureau County Health Department makes routine and unannounced visits each month to various food service establishments in Bureau and Putnam counties to inspect the operation.

In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 House Meets At... 10:00 a.m.: Legislative Business First Vote Predicted... 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Last Vote Predicted... 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. "One Minutes" H.R. 3639 - Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 Suspensions H.Res. 868 - ...

Cherry - 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. DePue - 5 to 7 p.m. Dover - 5 to 7 p.m. Hollowayville - 5 to 7 p.m. Ladd - 5 to 7 p.m. LaMoille - 5 to 7 p.m. Malden - 5 to 7 p.m. Manlius - 4 to 6 p.m. Mineral - 5 to 7 p.m. Neponset - 5 to 7 p.m. Ohio - 5 to 7 p.m. Princeton - 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Colonial Hall - 5:30 to 7 p.m. Seatonville - 5 to 7 p.m. Sheffield - 5 to 7 ...

The Princeton Public Library will hold an After School Craft Day from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday.

The Hall Township Food Pantry is once again asking communities and organizations to become an “Adopt a Basket” sponsor.

Live music tonight and tomorrow, compiled by Shaun Brady, James Johnson, Sara Sherr and Jonathan Takiff.

On the morning of November 13.1909, nearly 500 men and boys went to work in the coal mine carved underneath Cherry, Illinois.

CROP is an acronym for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty. Kim Lee-Brown of St.

Mr. and Mrs. Merv Nauman of 107 Arlington Ave., Arlington, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday.

Four banks in the Hall High School area each donated $1,000 to the Hall Booster Organization's project to add restrooms to Richard Nesti Stadium.

Where did you grow up: Walnut. Family: My husband is Eric Whittington. We have one son, Shane Whittington.

More than 100 years ago, an interurban street car began making the rounds among local cities such as LaSalle, Spring Valley, DePue, Bureau and Princeton, weaving together the residents, businesses and amusements of the area.

The Cherry Grade School District has added two administrators to its staff. On July 20, the Cherry School Board hired Jim Boyle to be its interim superintendent and Tom Nesti to be its interim principal for the 2009-10 school year.

Doris Lynn Raef, 62, of 206 St. Paul St., Cherry, died Friday, July 24, 2009, at St.