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Jason Benetti is the new TV play-by-play announcer for the Chicago White Sox's home games. Thursday on 'The 21st', the Homewood native talked about growing up a Sox fan, and working through the challenge of cerebral palsy, something Benetti never saw as a limit on his career. "I was too dumb to think about it," he said.
On The 21st: We learned about a new birth center in downstate Illinois and talked to families that choose to have their babies at home. We also spoke with the newest play-by-play announcer for the White Sox.
The Illinois State Museum in Springfield is once again open to visitors, after a nine-month hiatus. The formerly-free museum is now charging a $5 admission fee.
In Champaign County, the Chamber of Commerce and the Farm Bureau think that a county executive would make government more effective. But the chair of the Champaign County Board isn’t so sure it would work.
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Trustees at Danville Area Community College appointed Dr. Stephen Nacco as the school's 7th president Wednesday. Currently part of the administration at Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey, Nacco will take over for the retiring Alice Marie Jacobs in late August. He calls DACC 'an amazing asset in the community' with a 40-percent graduation rate, among the best in the U.S. for community colleges.
