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Wilberforce was a hero Nestled in western Ohio, about 20 miles east of Dayton, is the small college town of Wilberforce. The town is home to Wilberforce University, the oldest private African-American university in the United States. Both the town and university bear the name of a historic figure about to be rediscovered... More ...
Read the Story... All That's Fit to Print And the story continues Brenda Wall Anna Nicole Smith may or may not be buried by the time you read this. As of Tuesday morning, she was still in a cooler in Florida. Smith died Feb. 8 and now, 20 days later, she's still waiting for someone to finally let her rest in peace. Last week, it appeared that Anna Nicole would be buried in ... More ...
Here's 10 days' notice! Billy Fleming Do you remember when we first adopted Daylight Savings Time? It seems like just yesterday. Actually not. I doubt anyone reading this week's paper remembers the first DLT. It was in 1918. As I sat down to the computer a few minutes ago I would have sworn I remember us first switching over back in t... More ...
A matter of degree - don't pass me by Alex McRae Dear Respected Educators at the University of Minnesota, My name is Alex McRae and I have a proposal of great interest to both y'all and me. It's time I joined you fine folks on an exciting journey through the hallowed halls of your esteemed institution of higher learning. Here's why... More ... Shipp's Georgia A short tale of two senators Bill Shipp Ten years ago, two bitter enemies, Sen. Charles Walker of Augusta and Sen. Sonny Perdue of Bonaire, stood at roughly identical positions in their political careers - on top of the world in the Georgia General Assembly. Both owed their success to the same man. Despite their personal enmity, Perdue... More ... Other Voices Death of Illinois Chief Illiniwek Robert Novak Oct. 10, 1942, was up to then the best day of my life. I had talked my father, University of Illinois class of '22, into taking me at age 11 along with him to homecoming weekend. On a golden autumn afternoon, lowly Illinois upset Minnesota, the Midwest football powerhouse. And, for the first time, ... More ... Chuck Wagon Gang heads gospel sing From our Files News from the past 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 27, 1997 EARLY County Elementary School first-graders helped Kolomoki Mounds State Park Assistant Manager Eric Bentley plant a saw tooth oak tree at the park. SONNY KING became the first South Carolinian to compete in the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska. The 50- year-old vete... More ... |
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