Congrats to the Class of 2009!

Add comment June 11th, 2009

On Sunday, the Register Star will publish the annual section full of pictures and names of high school graduates.

All along, we’ve been posting grad pics in our gallery, too — it’s up to almost 300, meaning there are hundreds more proud young men and women featured.

Of course, the photos are available for purchase, too.

What will local news look like?

Add comment June 8th, 2009

Here’s an article about some start-up Web sites in the San Diego area and how they’re growing as “a newspaper Web site monopoly crumbles.” This Forbes’ piece suggests local news in big cities may look like these upstarts.

Want to go backstage?

Add comment June 4th, 2009

At rrstar.com we are offering the chance to win 2 VIP tickets and backstage passes for Old Settlers Days acts Jamey Johnson, Keith Anderson and the Zac Brown Band. You also could win a family four-pack of tickets.

The four-day Rockton festival will run July 16-19; see our calendar listing here.

Get your state news at The Dome

Add comment June 3rd, 2009

Sister site, sj-r.com (online site of The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill.) launched a state government Web site in late April. The Dome is filled with state government news, editorials, columns and more. The site even aggregates content from GateHouse sites in Illinois, including state issues we publish on rrstar.com. If you are a state gov news junkie, this is the site for you.

We’re Mobile now

1 comment June 2nd, 2009

We have two new links at the top of our home page. We already told you about Facebook. We now have Mobile delivery of rrstar.com, too. Several readers and rrstar staffers have mentioned that they like the Mobile site. Check it out.