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Free Free Throw Contest for the Kids
The Knights of Columbus will host a youth free throw contest this Saturday (1/14) at the EIU Rec Center. The contest is open to boys and girls ages 9-14. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. There is no charge.
MyRadioLink Jan 10, 2017 Chilli Head / CC

Oakland Spelling Bee Results
Yesterday was the Lake Crest Elementary Spelling Bee in Oakland and nine students competed with Camille Clifton coming out on top. She won the Bee for correctly spelling the word "daunted." Clifton, a...
MyRadioLink Jan 10, 2017 J E Theriot / CC

EIU Vitalization Project Releases Reccommendations
Eastern Illinois University will likely be seeing some changes coming soon as part of recently released recommendations from the university's Vitalization Project. Those recommendations include things...
MyRadioLink Jan 10, 2017

Zero to Hero Training Program This Week
The American Red Cross will offer a Zero to Hero disaster volunteer training in Charleston January 13 through 15th. There is no charge for the training session, but reservations are requested at 217-2...
MyRadioLink Jan 10, 2017

Illinois Budget Woes Blamed For Springfield Hotel Slump
Hotel managers in Springfield say the state's budget woes are starting to hurt their bottom line. "The State Journal Register" reports state spending on hotel and conference rooms fell off last year. ...
MyRadioLink Jan 10, 2017

Surveillance Cameras Catch a Guy Trying to Rob a Store...That Sells Surveillance Cameras
Of all the stores in the world, it's MIND-BOGGLING that someone would try to rob this one. A guy tried to break into a store in Deerfield Beach, Florida that sells SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS on Wednesday. H...
MyRadioLink Jan 09, 2017 Frédéric BISSON / CC

There's Only a 34% Chance Anyone Will Respond to an Email You Send
It's really easy to ignore an email. Like, you see it come in on your phone, read it, say "I'll respond later when I have a chance" . . . but you NEVER DO. Turns out you're just another statistic. Acc...
MyRadioLink Jan 09, 2017 Felix Padrosa Photography / CC

Hot 8@8 Countdown: 01/09/17
Happy Monday, the second Monday of the new year! Hope you had a fantastic weekend and it's back to the nightly tradition here in The Night Club with Carman, your Hot 8@8 Countdown with Smoky's House B...
MyRadioLink Jan 09, 2017

Four Ways to Deal with Digital Eye Strain
Staring at screens all day can be rough on your eyes. A new study found about 90% of us now stare at screens for at least two hours a day. And 52% regularly use two devices at once, like using a lapto...
MyRadioLink Jan 09, 2017 Alan Levine / CC

A Bartender's Laptop Got Stolen, So a Customer Gave Her a $300 Tip
There's a 26-year-old woman in South Carolina named Ebonii Green who's paying for nursing school by working as a bartender at Columbia Metropolitan Airport. She's also a single mom with a two-y...
MyRadioLink Jan 09, 2017
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