- Adams County (Illinois) no longer holds the dubious appellation of the meth capital of the Land of Lincoln.
- In a further effort to curtail the meth problem in Illinois, legislators now want to make certain cold medicines - which they've already required to be kept behind the counter - prescription only. Since prescription drugs are also often abused, one wonders if this would help.
- The Governor of Illinois recently announced plans to invest $1.4 billion in the Illinois Tollway 2014 Capital Construction Program. One wonders what the tolls have actually going towards.
- The Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools Foundation and the Quincy Notre Dame Foundation are hosting a raffle to support Catholic education in the Gem City. If you can, why not but a ticket?
- Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a heretofore unknown dinosaur, which they have named Anzu wylie and which they call the "chicken from hell." Several skeletons of the chicken from hell, we are told, were found together with skeletons of Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops, which seems especially odd because it was not that long ago we were told the Triceratops never existed.
- The Associated Press recently all but called the Obama Administration the least transparent in U.S. history.
- Two teachers in New York were fired for engaging in sexual activity in a classroom during a school event. An appellate court has ruled they must be reinstated.
- An overwhelming majority of Venetians (89%) voted to separate from the Republic of Italy.
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