CHICAGO – Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Banking Development Districts Act into law on Friday. The legislation creates a new incentive program for the creation of bank branches in underserved communities. Banks and local governments in Illinois will jointly create a plan for ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state’s unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage point higher than the national unemployment rate ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that the unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state’s unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage point higher than the national unemployment rate ...Read more
STREATOR – The city of Streator has received plenty of applications for its next police chief, since the announcement of Chief Robert Turner’s retirement. Turner has been Streator Police Chief since January of 2021. Turner has been with the department for over 25 years. The city ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s new computer networking and information technology program coordinator Garrick Whitehead is committed to the success of students and others. He was hired April 14th and will work alongside cybersecurity instructor Nancy McDonnell. “With ...Read more
PERU – The 7th Annual TBM Avenger Reunion & Salute to Veterans is underway at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru. Dozens of vintage aircraft are on display on the ground and in the sky all weekend. Saturday night a pyrotechnic display is planned, plus a number of events to ...Read more
OGLESBY – For the first time, Illinois Valley Community College agriculture ambassadors will accompany the college’s admission’s staff on high school visits next fall. Ambassadors are expected to participate include Rilan Rosengren of Ottawa, Harley Sterling of LaSalle and Perris ...Read more
ANNAPOLIS – National Safe Boating Week brings reminders for boaters to champion recreational boating safety all summer long. There have been three recent U.S. Coast Guard regulations that have changed. As of April 20, the USCG enacted a regulation allowing them enforce fire extinguishers having ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced updated consumption advisories for fish caught in Illinois waters. These changes are the result of continued sampling by the Illinois Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program. This year, the IDPH has issued seven new site-specific ...Read more
MENDOTA – OSF HeathCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center has announced their DAISY and Sunflower Award winners. As a partner in the international DAISY Award program that recognizes the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care of nurses, they recently awarded its DAISY ...Read more
