The Acorn Music Festival will take place Friday, June 16, through Sunday, June 18, at The Acorn, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, featuring 23 amazing artists in three days.
Small-town advocates argue that some communities that have been written off as dead are really just in the midst of change. Lack of population increase is often not because of dwindling interest, but fewer housing choices.
Rural towns stand in contrast to some larger downstate communities that have struggled amid population loss and a changing national landscape over the past half-century.
(The Center Square) – Cities across Illinois have long sought a full restoration of Local Government Distributive Fund payments back to cities. They’re getting some, but not all of what they requested.