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The newspaper was founded in 1831 as the Sangamo Journal by William Bailhache and Edward Baker, and describes itself as "the oldest newspaper in Illinois". As such, it and its editor, Edward L. Baker, supported the political career of the Springfield-based Abraham Lincoln in the years before the American Civil War; in fact, it was in the Journal ' s office that Lincoln and his friends waited ...
On December 18, 2022, Earl Moore Jr. died after being tightly strapped face-down on a stretcher by paramedics in Springfield, Illinois.Moore, who was in distress and suffering from hallucinations and alcohol withdrawal, was yelled at and dragged by paramedic Peggy Finley, before she and partner Peter Cadigan strapped him to the stretcher.
Walton was born on August, 20, 1909, [1] [a] in Jacksonville, Illinois, to Joseph William and Helen Louise Weller Walton. He was the youngest of three children, and had two older sisters, Helen and Ruth. [2] [4] His father owned and published the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, the local newspaper.
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The oldest ancestor of the Journal Star, the Peoria Daily Transcript, was founded by N.C. Nason and first published on December 17, 1855. [2] [3] [4] The Peoria Journal was founded as an afternoon paper by Eugene F. Baldwin the former editor of the Daily Transcript, and J. B. Barnes, and first published on December 3, 1877. [5]
Léonce Bernard, 69, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2001–2006). [457] Ellen Einan, 81, Norwegian poet. [458] Wayne Fleming, 62, Canadian ice hockey coach (Philadelphia Flyers), brain cancer. [459] Ben Goldfaden, 99, American basketball player (Washington Capitols). [460] Peter Hearn, 87, English cricketer ...
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