To Bard College senior Owen Denker, Leon Botstein is an imperial president. “Botstein is a figure on this campus that has ultimate power. He is often likened to a king by faculty that can wave his ...

GALESBURG, Ill. — Galesburg is gaining national attention for economic development after a new ranking highlighted the city among the top micropolitan areas in the country for corporate investment ...

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — Bard College this week postponed a major fundraising gala as it manages the fallout from the release of files showing the college’s president, Leon Botstein, maintained a ...

The president of Bard College invited Jeffrey Epstein to visit its prestigious New York City high schools and sent him chummy messages about the author of the novel “Lolita” — after the notorious ...

Leon Botstein, Bard’s president, also invited Jeffrey Epstein to visit a high school linked to Bard College and sent him well wishes after stories were published about his sexual abuse of minors. By ...

Longtime Bard College President Leon Botstein is named in thousands of emails in the Epstein files. The batch of documents released last week, which returns over 2,500 results for Leon Botstein’s name ...

GALESBURG, Ill. — The Galesburg Fire Department responded to an early morning fire at an industrial manufacturing building at approximately 4:36 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2. According to the Galesburg Fire ...

Bard College has an endowment after years of fundraising. It is $1 billion, but the college president says the college needs more. Above, the 45-acre Blithewood estate on the college’s campus features ...

On Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 9:17 a.m, the Galesburg Police Department responded to South Lake Storey Road in reference to a two-vehicle accident involving injuries, a press release says. It was ...

A former Bard Optical accounting manager was indicted on charges of stealing nearly $5 million from the company. The alleged scheme, which spanned eight years, involved using company credit cards and ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The former accounting manager of Bard Optical has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing $4.6 million from the company, according to a company spokesman.