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Shonda Rhimes Teams Up With Netflix
Shonda Rhimes Teams Up With Netflix (Los Gatos, CA) -- The creator of ABC hits like "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" has a new production deal with Netflix. The streaming service is bringing producer an...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017 Peabody Awards / CC

Ten Things That Seem Totally Normal to Americans But Confuse Tourists From Other Countries
There's a lot of stuff in this country that seems totally normal to us . . . but confuses tourists who come here from other countries. Here are 10 things that seem normal to us but aren't to our inter...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017 Enid Martindale / CC

An 81-Year-Old Woman Is Busted For Using Counterfeit Tickets to Ride Bumper Cars
I'm absolutely baffled by every single aspect of this story. An 81-year-old woman named Marilyn Hammerman from Rockville, Maryland went to an amusement park called Funland in Rehoboth Beach, De...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017 apium / CC

A 98-Year-Old Woman Just Married a 94-Year-Old Man She Met at the Gym
Here's a story that proves it's NEVER too late to find love. Or, apparently, to try to get super ripped. A 98-year-old woman named Gertrude Mokotoff and a 94-year-old man named Alvin Mann from ...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017

2018 Tryouts Set for Sunday
Tryouts for the 2018 Mattoon Hitmen teams will be taking place Sunday, August 20th. The league offers teams for players eight and under to fourteen and under. Tryout times for the different age groups...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017 Sterling G / CC

Righter statement on Democrats overriding Governor’s Amendatory Veto of SB 1
Springfield, IL - State Senator Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) issued the following statement in response to Senate Democrats overriding Governor Bruce Rauner's Amendatory Veto of Senate Bill 1, education f...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017

Today is Senior Citizens & Scout Day at the Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Monday, August 14th is Senior Citizens & Scout Day at the Illinois State Fair. Fairgoers that are 60 and older are admitted to the fairgrounds for free! There will be special eve...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017

Accident on I-70
A Neoga man was hospitalized following a two-vehicle accident over the weekend. According to the Illinois State Police, 65-year-old Charles Moritz crossed the centerline on I-70 at Mile Post 62 and st...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017

Senate Democrats Vote Down Governor Rauner's School Changes
Senate Democrats Vote Down Governor Rauner's School Changes (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is no closer to a school budget, even with a vote from the Illinois Senate to override Governor Rauner's schoo...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017

St. Elmo Man Scheduled to Appear in Court Today
A St. Elmo man charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a shooting in Ramsey is scheduled to appear in court today. In addition to that charge, 24-year-old Alexander Beccue is cha...
MyRadioLink Aug 14, 2017
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