The name changed and the dress code got fancier, but the results of the 33rd Annual Sarah Bush Lincoln Cheers! event stayed true to its cause, raising $18,000 for the Volunteer Guild's scholarship program to help students seeking health care degrees.
Giving twice the amount of funding to school districts with twice the number of high school dropouts punishes schools that are succeeding, Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) told the Senate last Tuesday