The Time the Chicago Mafia Came to My Rural Hometown to Announce the Murder of a Nazi SS Officer.

Welcome to a new series I’m starting on Medium, The Folks of Forgotonnia, based on growing up in the agricultural (and heavily Appalachian in culture and tradition) region of Western Illinois which was economically disadvantaged by Chicago. The term was coined in the 1950’s by Coca-Cola bottler Jack Horn. According to Wikipedia:

The initiative grew from frustration among the citizens and public officials of western Illinois due to the lack of support for regional…