We are often told of how the pioneers once settled the land in the 18th and 19th centuries, making the country larger and greater, taming the land and calling it their new home.

It happened all over again this past Saturday.

The Grinnell Pioneers tamed Galesburg’s Lake Storey Park as if it were their own home course in Saturday’s Midwest Conference men’s cross country meet. They took the conference crown, their twelfth ...

Two first-half goals by the Grinnell Pioneers, coupled with Knox’s continuing inability to finish offensively doomed the Prairie Fire men’s soccer team in its last game this past Saturday. With the loss, Knox ends the season with a 5-12 record and a 1-8 record in Midwest Conference play.

“It’s disappointing,” said senior Clint Moore. “This was the most talented group I’ve played with, and our goal from day one was to ...

Freshmen Anna Casey, Erin Duff, Emma Swanson, and Brenna DeGan, and sophomores Helen Hapner and Chloe Bohm rarely spoke a word on the way home. Maybe after a full Election Day of working, they were all talked out. But the silence spoke volumes, an obvious hint that the same emotion swept through our white, 14-passenger Chevrolet van.

In all honesty, I’m glad the entire hour-long car ride home Tuesday night was dark. I’m ...

Recently, the Prairie Fire offense has taken on stagnant characteristics, being shut out in three of their last four games coming into the final week of play. That trend continued as Knox dropped a 2-0 decision to Beloit College in Saturday’s rematch of a tie game last year, and an 8-1 verdict in Tuesday afternoon’s contest against NAIA opponent Ashford University.

In Saturday’s loss against the Buccaneers, Knox showcased an uncharacteristic inability ...

GALESBURG--One of U.S. Senator Richard J. “Dick” Durbin’s (D-IL) first jobs after graduating from law school in 1969 was working on the staff of then-Illinois Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon.

Simon later became a two-term U.S. Senator and a Presidential candidate, and Durbin, 63, now serves in his late political mentor’s Senate seat. As the Democratic incumbent and senior U.S. Senator from Illinois, Durbin is seeking his third consecutive term. He ...