Eggnog as a Baby Name?
If you’re looking for a unique baby name, how about “EGGNOG”? Apparently less than two-dozen people have EVER had that name.
IVCC Dental Assisting program to offer free and reduced-cost dental clinics
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College’s Dental Assisting program will once again offer free and reduced-cost dental clinics for IVCC students, staff and the community. Screening days for new patients only are January 27th and Febuary
119 year overdue book returned to school in Australia
A man in Australia just returned a library book that his grandfather checked out in 1903 and was 119 years overdue. It is an early copy of “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens and is still in excellent
Man tries to steal phones, gets locked into the store
A man tried to steal two phones from a store in West Yorkshire. However, he was thwarted when the staff remotely locked the doors behind him when he entered the store. He can be seen in the
IVCC leases space in Ottawa Center to Ottawa Chamber
OTTAWA – Illinois Valley Community College made a long-term commitment to its revitalized Ottawa Center campus yesterday. The IVCC board approved a four-year lease with the City of Ottawa to continue offering credit classes including CNA and
LaSalle Police seeks bike assembly volunteers
LASALLE – The LaSalle Police Department is seeking volunteers to help assemble bicycles that were donated for the Christmas program. The police department asks that the bikes be assembled in a heated building in LaSalle. Any volunteers
Atlanta Falcons to bench Marcus Mariota in favor of rookie Desmond Ridder
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the Atlanta Falcons are set to bench veteran quarterback Marcus Mariota and start rookie Desmond Ridder. The quarterback switch comes after the Falcons have lost four of five games while scoring more than 20 points just once
WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian prison in swap for convicted arms dealer
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that WNBA star and Olympian Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian prison in a one-for-one prisoner exchange. Griner, the 32-year-old center for the Phoenix Mercury, was arrested at a Moscow