New Philadelphia gets an app to boost tourism

BARRY, Ill. (AP) — The first city platted by a black man in the United States just got its own online app. The (Quincy) Herald-Whig reports the New Philadelphia augmented reality app called “New Phil AR” has

Towering Collinsville ketchup bottle gets new owner

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A towering ketchup bottle and familiar southwestern Illinois roadside symbol has a new owner.The Belleville News-Democrat reports that O’Fallon construction company owner Franklin Bieri bought the 170-foot-tall, onetime Collinsville water tower billed as

Illinois Hospital Association board names new top executive

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Hospital Association will soon have a new top executive. The board of the influential group, which represents more than 200 hospitals in the state, announced Friday that A.J. Wilhelmi will become

Streeter, Mary

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Mary “Jane” Streeter age 79 of Alpha, IL, died Thursday November 19, 2015 at Clarissa Cook Hospice in Bettendorf, Iowa.