Ceremonies

Upcoming Public Government Meetings - Crab Orchard City Commission (no action): 6 p.m. May 16 at Crab Orchard city hall - Stanford Planning and Zoning: 6 p.m. May 23 at L&N Depot - Lincoln County Board of Education (no action): 6:30 p.m. May 23 at the...

ON SALE THIS WEEK Seth Meyers, 8 p.m. July 12, Sands Bethlehem Event Center, 77 Sands Blvd., http://www.SandsEventCenter.com, http://www.Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000. Tickets: $35-$45, on sale 10 a.m. Friday. Impractical Jokers, 8 p.m. July 31,...

Davin Johnson, a 31-year-old Aberdeen man who was a member of the South Dakota National Guard for nine years, is running for a seat on the Aberdeen City Council.  Johnson is running for one of the two spots that will open next month on the City Council....

— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...

Novelist and prolix Twitterer Bret Easton Ellis is raising hackles once again by labeling such organizations as GLAAD as "the gatekeepers of politically correct gayness" in a long editorial in Out magazine. Ellis invited further response to his argument...

ABEC, a Lehigh Valley biopharmaceutical manufacturing company, has won top honors from the state for hiring and workforce development. ABEC was named Employer of the Year at the Governor's Workforce Development Awards ceremony in Hershey on Friday....

I do a radio show on WPKN (listener-supported, 89.5) Radio in Bridgeport, and I'm celebrating my 40th anniversary on the air this year. In that time I've had frequent occasion to talk to the Connecticut public during call-in shows, and I think I've gotten...

The Rockville Downtown Association (RDA) has named Swiss Cleaners as its "Business of the Month" for May. Swiss Cleaners is a family-owned full service dry cleaning and shirt laundering business. They also offer a full spectrum of uniform services and...

This is is not all-inclusive June 1-2 Bolingbrook Cavalcade of Planes 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport for the annual festival of aircrafts. Enjoy a close look at historic planes and helicopters on the ground and...

This list is not all-inclusive May 17 Downers Grove Summer Nights Car Show 6-9 p.m. Cruise down to Main Street in Downers Grove for the start of its weekly Friday night car show. Each week see the featured vehicles including classic and custom...

Alexis “Lexi” Amy Bryan received a bachelor’s degree in business supply chain and information systems from the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University.  Bryan spent four years at the main campus in University Park,...

Desperate to find your great-grandmother’s wedding ring -- the one you lost while cleaning house one day? You might try asking St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost items, to help. Or take your plea one step further and visit the good friar&...