My first full-time newspaper job right out of college was at the Daily News in Robinson, Ill.
One of the first things my editor told me that I do not EVER need to put a photograph or story about black people on the front page of the newspaper. There are no black people who live...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Manual High School ’
My memories of basketball crazy Robinson, Ill.
Today’s news: Getting schooled
Some links via the Journal Star:
The woman who found (the horrors!) a long brown hair on a pretzel has had her butt sufficiently kissed by the company CEO. Hundreds of people have been killed in Tibet, the nation’s economy is tanking, and Terry Bibi Baker devoted two columns to a a hair on a...
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Sports: Manual Rams honored at city council
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis heaped praise onto the Manual Rams boys basketball team, with finished 2nd in the state at the tournament held this weekend at the Peoria Civic Center. Coach Derrick Booth praised his players, coaching staff and school administrators. He noted that many members of his team are in the top 10...
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Today’s news: Shy, isn’t he?
Unless noted, all links are via the Peoria Journal Star:
Kudos to Karen McDonald for today’s Word on the Street. The column starts with word that Aaron Schock has a habit of objecting when anyone points a video camera in his direction at public campaign events. It seems he’s worried that his dastardly opponents will...
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City needs volunteers for survey
Posted at the East Bluff Yahoo! Group:
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