Hudson News

' For more than 30 years, Jim Bland has combined a hobby and a job at Guitar World.

COCO stands for Children's Oncology Camp Organization. It costs about $56,000 a year to put on the camp.

Charlie Hughes and his friends gathered at Hudson Crossing Park on Washington Street smoking one cigarette after another Wednesday afternoon.

While the rest of the country is experiencing a slumping housing market, foreclosures and sluggish home sales, Tazewell County is bucking the trend with new subdivisions and a booming real estate environment.

It's been eight years since Drew Soule first attended a Muscular Dystrophy Association summer camp -- and he hasn't thought of missing one since.

By just showing up for a meeting Monday evening a group of about 30 downtown Oswego business and property owners made history.

“I've become more passionate about city planning”

Proposed boulevard to connect the north and south sides of the river; view looking north from Washington Street. via Chicago Magazine

“It (the new building) will be a place more accessible to students and will cause less traffic on Fourth Street”

Jarod Scherle , Resident Hall Association president, talks during Thursday's meeting about the upcoming Eastern baseball game, which is RHA day. via The Daily Eastern News

“I wear a nametag so people can look around and be like, 'Oh, there she is, I need to talk to her,'”

Yesterday marked the third successful Skay-nay, a time of prayer and reflection held in the Cumberland Room on the third floor of the Curris Center. via The Murray State News

Birth mother who gave birth to a boy on July 26th, 1967 in Cook County, Chicago, IL - adopted by a couple from Hudson, IL from the Chicago Foundlings Home Cross Search on other websites: View all matching ... via Cousinconnect.com

The following people have been sentenced in McLean County Circuit Court for driving under the influence. via Pantagraph

“It shows we've done a good job getting information out to voters”

Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Feb. 6--NORMAL -- Voters gave Normal-based Unit 5 school district a solid go-ahead to build new schools and renovate existing schools, but only barely approved a tax increase to ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

Four rural ambulance services will receive much-needed infusions of cash after tax increases to support the agencies were overwhelmingly approved by referendum voters. via The Pantagraph

Primary elections will always attract fewer voters than general elections - in part, because of the reluctance of many people to publicly declare a party preference to get a partisan ballot in Illinois. via The Pantagraph

“I don't think as officials they're pointing the finger as much at us for a specific call.”

There is no welcome mat for officials. A striped shirt and a whistle make you a target for hostility. via The Pantagraph

By Pantagraph staff, Lee News Service and Associated Press A look at some of the non-presidential candidates and issues that will be Central Illinois ballots on Feb. via Pantagraph

Two candidates are vying for election as the next McLean County circuit clerk, but the Feb. via Pantagraph

“We wouldn't know how long it would take if you waited on neighbors”

The Hudson and McLean ambulance services say their ability to respond to emergency medical calls is at risk if they don't get a boost in tax money for the next year. via The Pantagraph

Naperville resident Dillon Christopher O'Neill enrolled at Harvard College in September. via Naperville Sun

Regional digest for Dec. 21, 2007: More police in street over holiday season STREATOR - Extra police patrols will be on the street until after the holidays, looking for drunk drivers and other traffic ... via Pantagraph