It was a tense debate between local businesses vs. public health: livelihood vs. life. The Macon County Board was voting on whether or not to change the ordinance banning sit-down dining. The motion would also strip the ability to suspend or revoke food licenses for coronavirus-related offenses from...

It was supposed to be a formality. Just a normal day. Rodney Davis went to the Capitol expecting Jan. 6 to have a few delays but, ultimately, he expected the House and Senate to affirm that Joseph R. Biden was to be the next President. That all changed by the afternoon. An angry mob descended...

Millikin President Jim Reynolds’s email was timely. While students watched the aftermath of a domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol Building and the hundreds of Congresspeople inside it, they could also tell what the leader of our university thought, too. President Reynolds was shocked, as he...

Decatur hospital workers joined the first wave of Americans to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, last week. HSHS St. Mary’s hospital was the first Decatur hospital to start vaccinating workers on Monday, December 14 and Decatur Memorial Hospital followed on Wednesday, December 16. A logistical...

Comedian John Mulaney is in rehab. It’s time to view that as a positive thing.  Mulaney has spoken about his history of alcohol and drug use before, usually in jokes for his three Netflix comedy specials. He got sober fifteen years ago at the age of 23. When the story broke on Monday that Mulaney...