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Approximately 17 Coles County residents attended Monday's town hall meeting to get information about financial relief for weather related damages. The Illinois State Treasurer's office organized the event in the Coles County Courthouse in Charleston and Field Operations Manager Julie Vahling was the delegated official. (0) comments
The rare Titan Arum plant in the Thut Greenhouse bloomed Saturday after maturing for six and a half years. Once the plant blooms, it contains fruit that have seeds for reproduction. Steven Malehorn, manager of the greenhouse, said about 3,000 people have visited the plant since the word got out. (2) comments
James Tidwell's interest in journalism began as sports editor of his high school paper in Oklahoma. "I got the bug back in the ninth grade," said Tidwell, professor of journalism and chair of the Journalism Department. An English teacher at his high school got a group of students together to start a newspaper and although he wasn't present at the first meeting, it didn't matter. (0) comments
While another energy conservation measure was approved during Monday's Board of Trustees meeting, the cost for utilities is projected to continue rising. The fiscal year 2010 proposal includes a 15 percent increase for utilities that would equal approximately $525,000. (0) comments
