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Lake Land College celebrated the Summer 2026 Medical Assistant Program graduates at an annual pinning ceremony.
During the ceremony, several graduates received awards for displaying professionalism, confidence and clinical excellence in the Medical Assistant Program.
The Clinical Excellence Award was presented to Madisyn Crafton, Sullivan.
The awards for Overa
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Governor JB Pritzker joined community leaders and lawmakers to encourage Illinoisans to participate in the Back-to-School State Tax Holiday, which waives the state sales tax on back-to-school necessities from August 7 through August 16, 2026. This 10-day period is expected to provide an estimated $10 million in savings to online and in-store consumers on essential back-to-school items, includin
... READ MORE >Nine Eastern Illinois football players have been named to the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference team as selected by Phil Steele. In addition, sophomore center Rahfeeq Katumbusi has been named a third team preseason All-American.
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Kahleah Copper scored 20 of her 31 points in the second half and Kelsey Plum added 20 points in her Phoenix debut to help the Mercury beat the Chicago Sky 106-101.
Seiya Suzuki, Carson Kelly and Kevin Alcántara each hit a two-run homer, as the Chicago Cubs handed the Los Angeles Dodgers their fourth consecutive loss with a 10-5 victory.
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The EIU Softball team begins play in the NCAA tournament on Friday. Sports Watch's Andrew Spaid has more on the Panther's second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. READ MORE>
Olivia Bennett, an award-winning anchor/reporter for WEIU News Watch, shares what WEIU has meant to her and gives a first-hand account of the repercussions felt by WEIU in the wake of the federal government's defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
