Joliet resident, Michael Bryson, Ph.D., will be visiting the University on Monday, April 15 to speak about “Joliet’s Urban Nature: Sensing Place in the City of Steel and Stone.” He will be presenting in the Sue Manner Turk Theater from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  Admission is free to the public. Bryson is the associate [...]

Shain Gandee, 21, was found dead inside a vehicle in Sissonville, West Virginia, Monday morning. MTV confirmed that the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department the bodies of Shain Gandee, 21 and his uncle, David Gandee, 48, along with that of a third, as yet unidentified person. Corporal Brian Humphreys said that there is “no reason” to [...]

Maddy Holloway, a Channahon sixth-grader, fought the nerves as she waited in line for her turn in the barber’s seat at this year’s St. Baldrick’s Day event at Skateland Recreation Center on Saturday. Her family is very proud of her for making such a bold choice to help such a worthy cause. “I’m very proud [...]