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‘Our guests feel like family’: The Vegas Cafe celebrated 50 years as Antioch staple with 17-cent coffee
Since 1974, The Vegas Cafe in downtown Antioch has been serving up good food and a warm atmosphere. The cafe celebrated its half-century milestone May 1 with a ribbon cutting at the restaurant at 914 Main St. Customers dining in enjoyed a 1974 rollback price of 17-cent coffee all day.
‘No two days are the same,’ says Lake Villa woman who trains paramedics in McHenry and Lake counties
Elizabeth DePouw’s destiny to work in health care and with paramedics likely was predetermined at a very early age. Her father was among the first paramedics in Illinois. He volunteered for the rescue squad in Lake Villa. “My fondest memories of my youth are in the rescue squad,” said...
Elkhorn baseball team plays first game after tornado
CENTRAL CITY, Neb. (KSNB) - The Elkhorn Antlers baseball team visited the Central City/Centura Kernels on Monday evening for a very emotional game. The Antlers were playing their first baseball game since Elkhorn was devastated by an EF-3 tornado on Friday. Elkhorn beat the Kernels, 7-6.
The Surreal Difference Between Harvard and Columbia Protests
On Tuesday evening, as pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University were breaking the windows of Hamilton Hall, their Harvard counterparts posted a video on Instagram of students dancing in front of University Hall. The video from the coalition “Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine” (HOOP rhymes with GOOP) features a guide walking through the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” showing off their “Art Build,” “Reading Center” and “spiritual and prayer space.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Middle East Matters (MEM) (@middleeastmatters) The difference...
3 children in minivan hurt when it rolled down hill, into baseball dugout wall in northern Illinois
WOODSTOCK, Ill. — Three children were hurt when the minivan they were in rolled down a hill Saturday morning into a concrete baseball dugout in northern Illinois' Woodstock. The children, ages 12 and 13, were hospitalized with mild to moderate injuries. They were among four children in the parked...
‘Never thought I’d live this long’: Johnsburg woman celebrates 100th birthday
Joyce Mohr celebrated her 100th birthday Tuesday with family and friends at Brunch Cafe in McHenry. Mohr, who lives in Johnsburg, grew up in Chicago, near the Roscoe Village neighborhood, and recalls being able to walk to Riverview Park. Mohr’s daughter, Judy Jonas, also grew up near Roscoe Village, and...
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