Five Monmouth College students are in the midst of attempting to solve their own complex problem, albeit a theatrical one: how can they work together creatively (and logically) to guarantee they produce a performance with a universal conclusion – a satisfied audience?That is the challenge for seniors Drew Cliffel of Lakewood, Ohio, and Gabriela Madu of Montego Bay, Jamaica; transfer students Ryan Bowman of Monmouth and Daniela Lopez of Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and junior Celeste Lythgoe of Lafayette, Colorado, as they co-direct David Auburn’s Proof, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play.
In a Facebook post this week, state Sen. Win Stoller (R-Germantown Hills) celebrated the groundbreaking for the Stark County Emergency Communications Center in Toulon.
There is one inmate sentenced to jail in Knox County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Oct. 5.
After knocking off nationally ranked Prairie State in the regular season, the Carl Sandburg College men's soccer team was unable to duplicate the feat in the Region IV tournament Sunday, falling to the Pioneers 3-0 in a quarterfinal match.