SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded more than $1.4 million in School District Library Grant Program awards to 672 public school districts. More than 1.5 million Illinois students served by school library programs will benefit from the grants. School ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced two additional counties will be placed under quarantine to control the spread of Lymantria dispar, the destructive pest historically known as “gypsy moth” that destroys trees and shrubs. Boone and Winnebago counties will ...Read more
OGLESBY – A free COVID-19 Vaccination and booster clinic will be coming to Illinois Valley Community College Tuesday. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available as well as Pfizer and Moderna booster shots for individuals 18 and older. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Human Services announced that it has awarded $4 million in grant funding to support the Certified Recovery Support Specialist Success program. The CRSS Success program prepares students for entry-level positions as behavioral health workers, specifically ...Read more
OGLESBY – A free COVID-19 vaccination clinic is coming to Illinois Valley Community College. The clinic will be from 10 AM to 2 PM Tuesday in Room CTC124. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available as well as Pfizer and Moderna booster shots for individuals 18 and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Agriculture held a public meeting February 10th allowing public comment regarding a proposed referendum for the Illinois Corn Marketing Board. The referendum proposes raising the corn checkoff rate from 5/8 of a cent to 7/8 of a cent per bushel. ...Read more
STREATOR – Questions remain unanswered in what happened to 7-year-old Dalton Mesarchik, who was reported missing on March 26th, 2003. The next day his body was found along the Vermillion River south of Streator, but no suspects or further clues have turned up in the years since. The ...Read more
MENDOTA – One man was discovered deceased in a home that was the scene of an apparent gunfire incident in Mendota on Thursday. The Mendota Police say they were originally called to the 500 block of 12th Ave after a resident noted a gun shot hole on their vehicle. Neighbors, ...Read more
On Thursday, Former President Donald Trump filed a civil lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others, alleging a conspiracy against him in 2016. The lawsuit names 28 individuals and organizations as defendants, alleging they worked ...Read more
President Joe Biden announced after the NATO and Group of Seven meetings in Brussels on Thursday that the United States will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian war refugees. Additionally, more than $1 billion in new funding will also be provided for humanitarian assistance for victims of ...Read more
