Abby Coutre, an Illinois Valley Community College nursing student who was inspired by her grandmother to become a nurse, is the 2019 winner of the Illinois Valley Community Hospital Foundation’s Dolores “Dee” Heflebower Memorial Nursing Scholarship, an award supported by a fund ...Read more
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Nine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. Dayton police tweeted that an active shooter situation began in the Oregon District at 1 a.m., but that officers ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is making it easier for people with who can’t see very well or are blind to walk around the city. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that as many as 100 accessible pedestrian signals that use tones or otherwise nonvisual to cues to alert pedestrians when it’s safe ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say there have been five heat-related deaths so far this summer in the Chicago area. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said Saturday that the latest two heat-related deaths happened in Chicago. Autopsies determined that ...Read more
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a measure aimed at helping more Illinois students receive federal financial aid to attend college. The new law makes completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid a requirement for graduation. The federal government ...Read more
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor said. Meanwhile, the police chief said among the possibilities being investigated is whether it was a hate ...Read more
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal spending on treatment plants and environmental ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago’s efforts to wrangle an alligator who was found living in a park lagoon this summer cost more than $33,600. Most of the costs arose from city workers putting up and removing barricades to keep people away from the lagoon in Humboldt Park after the male ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Reddick Mansion Association is hosting a restoration open house this weekend. On Saturday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. the public will have the opportunity to meet contractors to learn more about the restorations and see progress photos. During the open house, visitors will be able ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has acknowledged it didn’t track how many children were forced to sleep in its offices until recently. The agency reports 16 children were forced to sleep in DCFS offices between May 6 and June 28 of this year. It says ...Read more
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