SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate rose +0.1 percentage point to 4.5 percent, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In August, the industry sectors with the largest over-the-month gains in ...Read more
OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa and the Illinois Valley PADS have reached an agreement to construct a new facility where the existing homeless shelter is. Illinois Valley PADS agreed to purchase the property, 1120 Canal Street, from the city for $100, with the exception that they must ...Read more
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his children and the Trump Organization, alleging an illegal scheme that amassed $250 million by fraudulently overvaluing assets. The civil lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, ...Read more
President Biden condemned Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine during his keynote address at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. During his remarks at U.N. headquarters in New York City as part of the General Debate, Biden said President Vladimir Putin is acting aggressively and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – One of the most dangerous places on a farm are used most often this time of year, grain bins. OSHA notes that more than half of deaths in grain entrapment cases are would-be rescuers and about seven in ten occur on family farms. OSHA has a number of tips to help prevent ...Read more
OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa is all aboard the Peoria to Chicago passenger rail service. On Tuesday night officials passed a resolution of support as well as $16,000 in financial participation in the application to the federal rail service. Cities like LaSalle, Peru and Utica are also ...Read more
Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have filed a class action lawsuit against the city, its current and former mayors, city officials and engineering companies, alleging that years of neglect culminated in a recent water crisis for more than 150,000 people. Last week, the city finally had clean ...Read more
On Tuesday, federal prosecutors announced charges were filed against 47 people accused of carrying out the biggest Covid fraud scheme to date, stealing $250 million in a plot that exploited a federal program designed to feed needy children in Minnesota. U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger said in a ...Read more
OTTAWA – The City of Ottawa is reminding residents that dumping anything into storm drains is illegal. The city noted that almost everything that goes into an inlet will eventually end up in the nearest waterway, like Goose Creek, the Fox River, or the Illinois River. They also noted that ...Read more
OTTAWA – It’s never too early to start a conversation with kids about farm safety. About every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident and each day, about 33 children are seriously injured. For National Farm Safety Week, families are reminded to make your farm safe for ...Read more
