Final Guest To Conduct Knox-Galesburg Symphony

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  The Knox-Galesburg Symphony will be hosting their final guest conductor as they look to replace the retired Bruce Polay. Maestro Vlad Vizireanu will take the baton for this Saturday night’s performance. Born in Transylvania, his family

Publisher of iconic black magazines files for bankruptcy

CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s iconic Johnson Publishing Co., owner for decades of Ebony and Jet magazines that helped change the image of black people portrayed by U.S. media, has filed for bankruptcy liquidation in federal court.

Defense: Man accused of killing Chinese scholar denied care

CHICAGO (AP) – Lawyers for a former University of Illinois student accused of killing Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang say university counselors didn’t offer him adequate care when he sought help for homicidal thoughts months before Zhang went

Illinois asks to lower restrictions on loan info access

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