I wanted to like “Snow White and the Huntsman.” Despite my rampant and oft-vocalized contempt for all things Kristen Stewart, I thought Charlize Theron’s perfection and Chris Hemsworth’s face (and body, and beard) would more than make up for it.
The Board of Trustees will do a performance review of the Fiscal Year 2012 during its annual retreat Saturday at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Normal.
Members of the Energizing Emerging Entrepeneurs Camp compete in a team-building exercise where they have to synchronize steps while racing on Monday at the Campus Pond. The campers had a chance to win money Wednesday by giving formal business presentations on theoretical products they had developed.
Charleston residents Curtis Uphoff and his grandfather, Ron Uphoff, arrange sweet corn cobs in the back of their pickup truck Wednesday at the farmers market on the square in Charleston. The men grow the sweet corn north of Fairgrange and have been selling their crops at the farmers market for 16 years.
The Charleston City Council on Tuesday voted to close several streets for Independence Day celebrations and approved the purchase of a new sewer jet truck for the city.
Still recuperating from his most recent big screen disaster “Jack and Jill,” “That’s My Boy,” seems another futile attempt by Adam Sandler to reclaim his long-lost respect and credibility.
The O'Brien Stadium track is torn up in order for a new rock foundation with drainage tile to be placed beneath the rubber surface. The new base should move moisture away from the track and keep the surface from bubbling as it has in previous years. The bubbles were caused by trapped water vapor that would rise up from below the track's surface when the temperature increased. The $3.2 million project was contracted out to Hellas Sports Construction and has a target completion date of Aug. 8.
Rebecca Litton, interim director of internal auditing, looks at art in Tarble Arts Center during executive session Monday at 1 p.m. at the summers only Board of Trustees meeting.
