Spring Break
Change in store for local businessesSalsarita's closes its doors
One of Macomb's Mexican restaurants is no longer serving. Leaving many customers shocked, Salsarita's Fresh Cantina closed July 3.
Salsarita's is a restaurant franchise based out of Charlotte, N.C. that opened in Macomb in November of 2006. The franchise offers fast, fresh Mexican food in a casual atmosphere where customers watch the meal prepared right in front of their eyes.…
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Change in store for local businessesThe new java jockey
From the outside, Macomb's Little Java House has maintained its bright, gingerbread-like exterior; however, patrons will find new owner Jason Buchannan working to renovate the facility. Buchannan, the sole employee this summer, started working for Little Java House five months prior to gaining ownership on June 1.…
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Museum shows history of travel in Western Illinois
The Western Illinois Museum is currently displaying an interesting exhibit titled "From Here to There: Transportation in Western Illinois." The exhibit opened June 1 and will continue until Aug. 2.
The contents of the exhibit are prevalent to today's world and offer insight into the past of transportation specific to Western Illinois.…
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This day in history
1776 Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia.
1889 The Wall Street Journal was first published.
1919 President Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France.…
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GoWest revising routes
Rising gas prices, the anticipated OC housing complex and Spoon River College moving across town all point in a similar direction: inevitable change for Western Illinois University's GoWest bus system.
According to Jude Kiah, director of GoWest, the rising cost of fuel has significantly impacted the budget funding the system.…
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Hanging around Horn Field
An adventure usually hard to find in Macomb is returning to Western Illinois University. The climbing and rappelling tower located at Horn Field Campus will have open tower hours from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 12.
The climbing tower is a massive 40-foot wood structure with three sides.…
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Quad Cities campus library receives grant
The Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Library recently received a generous $5,000 grant from The Community Foundation of the Great River Bend to be used for the Jeff Leibovitz Special Collection of Holocaust Education Materials.
The Jeff Leibovitz collection is named for a Western student who died of a heart attack in 1994 at the age of 38.…
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