City Beat

     Since the Transfer House was moved from Lincoln Square to Central Park 63 years ago — many of our readers are too young to remember ever seeing it there except in old photos.      They are also too young to have been a part of the “coming of age” tradition by young people (including this former…

       EARLY voting starts tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 20) for the next election where our participation is requested.      The actual election is April 1st.      APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!!      I’m not joking! We are being asked to vote for candidates on April Fools Day! (That should be an extra incentive to vote early this time and avoid voting…

     • AS I’M writing this intro Wednesday morning, more snow (and ice) are predicted for our area and across much of the nation heading east.  That’s the reason that we printed the paper edition of this week’s Tribune a day earlier than usual so those of you who purchase the Trib on the newsstand…

     • WOULD YOU prefer to be buried next to Elvis Presley or Abraham Lincoln? Choice Mutual, a life insurance agency that specializes in final expense insurance, carried out a poll of 3,128 people to pose one question: “If you could be buried next to any celebrity, who would you choose?”      The top two choices of…

     Thoughts of teenagers are more about “life” than death, even though death is a reality of life.      I was a senior in high school when “The Day The Music Died’ happened on Feb. 3, 1959.      To younger readers of this column, that date is “ancient history” and difficult to appreciate.      For those of us who…

     LAST WEEK, it was announced that The Decatur Conference Center and Hotel has a new owner. Steve Horve, who owned the facility for the past 18 years, actually made the announcement, with his wife, Odette, on the company’s Facebook page. “The new owners, the Pelia family, will need your support to continue… Please remember them…

         Hi everyone! I hope you have been staying warm and safe in the cold weather and snow we’ve had in Central Illinois the past several days.      This week’s “Scrapbook” article on pages 4 and 5 of this week’s print and online editions of the Decatur Tribune is about the worst snow in Macon County…

     Considering all of the snow we received last Sunday and Monday (7 1/2 inches where I live in Decatur) the photo of Central Park on the front page of this week’s Decatur Tribune probably should have been a snow scene, but I chose the “warmer weather” view by Steve Huss.      I think I’ve seen enough…

       I WAS walking down the hallway at our mostly deserted office building on Christmas Eve afternoon when the elevator door opened and out stepped a young USPS mail carrier.      I asked her: “So, they have you working on this day before Christmas?”      She answered in a cheerful voice that she was called in and…

     • REFLECTIONS — The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is when most members of the media reflect on the events of the past year.      As I mentioned in my “Viewpoint” column (Page 3 of print and online editions) it is also a time I reflect on people and events that have impacted…