Video Commercial Features Mary Paxton

Eight years ago, former Morrison, IL, resident Mary McMullen Paxton was featured in the first commercial for Seymour-Memreez Home Movies to DVD.  The commercial was remade and can be viewed on Aroundprophetstown.com or at this link: ...
WHOA Excites Fairgrounds

WHOA Excites Fairgrounds

Jerry Lindsey wrote this feature. On Saturday, September 19, 2020, the Whiteside County Fairgrounds was active.  White Oaks Therapeutic Equestrian Center (WHOA) held its 7th annual benefit horse show.  Riders of all ages from throughout the area enjoyed the...
September 10 MMTA Auditions for “A Christmas Carol”

September 10 MMTA Auditions for “A Christmas Carol”

Morrison Music Theater Association (MMTA) is pleased to announce auditions for its future production, “A Christmas Carol,” produced as an on-air radio broadcast, set in the 1940s.  Charles Dickens’s novella was published December 19, 1843....
Thomson Cancels Depot Days, Halloween and Christmas Parties

Thomson Cancels Depot Days, Halloween and Christmas Parties

Meeting in joint session with quorums, the Thomson[, IL,] Depot Museum Committee and the Thomson Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to cancel events, due to the continuing threat of the COVID-19 virus.  These include Saturday, September 12, 2020, Depot Day and...

TLP to Provide Teen Apprenticeships

For the fourth year in a row, the Illinois Arts Council awarded Timber Lake Playhouse a grant, to create a paid apprentice program for area teens interested in pursuing careers in the theatre arts.  TLP is accepting applications for the apprenticeship program...