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Lake Land College to celebrate new school year with Welcome Week

Lake Land College will celebrate the start of the new school year by hosting Welcome Week, an event designed to help new and returning students settle into life at Lake Land and prepare for a successful year.

Welcome Week will begin the week before classes start and continue into the first week of the Fall semester, with activities and events offered Tuesday, August 18 through Satur

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Horizon Health Maintains Gold Standard for Quality and Safety

PARIS, IL—For nearly 30 years, Horizon Health has demonstrated its commitment to patient safety and quality by meeting—and often exceeding—national standards of care. That commitment has been recognized with The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval since 1998.

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Non-Conference Schedule Released For EIU Women's Basketball

Eastern Illinois women's basketball head coach Marqus McGlothan has announced the Panthers non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2026-27 season.
 
The OVC portion of the Panthers schedule is set to be released ... READ MORE >



Betting On Himself, EIU Senior Ja'Wuan Nickson

Story by Bruce Mitchell

** Eastern Illinois football opens 2026 fall camp yesterday, July 27, with the Panthers season opener on Thursday, August 27 at Murray State **

Long before he was an All-Conference linebacker or a team captain at Eastern Illinois, Ja'Wuan Nickson was simply a ... READ MORE >

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EIU Softball Tournament Preview

The EIU Softball team begins play in the NCAA tournament on Friday. Sports Watch's Andrew Spaid has more on the Panther's second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. READ MORE>

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Olivia Bennett, an award-winning anchor/reporter for WEIU News Watch, shares what WEIU has meant to her and gives a first-hand account of the repercussions felt by WEIU in the wake of the federal government's defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.





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