Rob Stroud

Columnist and Reporter at Journal Gazette & Times-Courier

Christian, husband, father, journalist.

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THUNDER LANES

1 day ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

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PIZZA PARTY

1 day ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

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Postponed Fit-2-Serve Springfest now set for Saturday in Mattoon

1 day ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

MATTOON — Verdant plants bearing sugar snap peas, radishes, turnips and other crops have been growing in recent weeks in Fit-2-Serve's Regenerative Garden in sight of motorists on busy Broadway and Charleston avenues. Community members are invited to tour the garden, purchase fresh produce grown there and take part in other family-friendly activities during this nonprofit community service organization's upcoming 2025 Springfest.
Art studio opens, photography studio planned in downtown Mattoon

3 days ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

MATTOON — An artist and a photographer who have both been actively involved with downtown Mattoon in recent years are bringing their services to storefront locations in this business district. Artist Peyton Morrow has opened his new Morrow Studios art instruction business at 1816 Broadway Ave. and begun offering classes for all ages. Photographer Melissa Harden plans to move her home-based Studio 21 to a renovated building at 1408 Broadway Ave. that will offer a salon on site.
ART STUDIO OPEN

3 days ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

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Charleston Community Band concert may be held at EIU due to rain

3 days ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

CHARLESTON — The Charleston Community Band's scheduled concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, in Kiwanis Park may be moved indoors due to rainy weather. "We are very blessed to have the Eastern Illinois University Doudna Fine Arts concert hall as a second option for our performance," said Ginger Stanfield, who directs the band.
Look back: Lender's Bagels over the years

3 days ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

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Five Mile House, Rutherfod House to team for Underground Railroad event

3 days ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

CHARLESTON — The historic Five Mile House in Charleston and Rutherford House in Oakland are set to partner Sunday, June 8, on an Underground Railroad event. Author Julie Nicolai of St. Louis will present her research on "The Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois" from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Five Mile House, a restored way station for early settlers that is thought to have been built in the 1840s. It's located at Illinois 130 and Westfield Road.
Fire, code violations displace apartment residents in Mattoon

3 days ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

MATTOON — A structure fire and the subsequent discovery of building code violations have displaced six apartment residents in Mattoon. The Mattoon Fire Department reported that crews were dispatched at 9:58 a.m. Tuesday to a possible structure fire in the area of 20th Street and Champaign Avenue. Fire crews arrived at 10:01 a.m. and found a garage behind 413 N. 20th St. with heavy smoke and flames emanating from the structure.
SIGNS OF MORE TO COME

4 days ago | jg-tc.com | Rob Stroud

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