CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A judge has dismissed an excessive force lawsuit brought by the family of a central Illinois homeless man who died in 2016 after police restrained him. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric Long ruled Friday that the officers’ actions were ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has named recipients of the 2020 Order of Lincoln. It is the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service. Pritzker on Friday announced honorees Scott Altman, originally from Pekin, a former NASA astronaut; Paul “Doug” ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A statewide program helping female high school students learn about cybersecurity and potential jobs in the field begins accepting registration next month. The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology says students between grades 9 and 12 can participate in the ...Read more
LELAND – The administration of the Leland school district sent a letter home to parents informing them of an unfortunate situation where younger students were shown how to open prescription pill bottles. In a letter addressing the incident on Friday, they say that a junior high student ...Read more
PERU – Illinois Valley Pads Shelter opened house to present their major expansion on Saturday afternoon. The extended shelter now accommodates families with four designated rooms, additional office space for employees and a play room for kids. Board member John Sagi says the shelter that ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers on Friday approved the contract deal that ended an 11-day strike and includes pay raises, $35 million to enforce limits on class sizes and a pledge to supply each school with a nurse and a social worker. The Chicago Teachers Union’s 25,000 members went on ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against a Chicago man already serving time in a federal prison on a gun charge. Harvey Pitts was extradited from Kentucky after been identified in the alleged shooting of two men in 2015. Prosecutors allege Pitts shot 23-year-old Albert Turnage on ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A purported street-gang leader from suburban Chicago who became radicalized in prison faces federal charges accusing him of seeking to provide money to Islamic State militants in Syria, according to a complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Jason Brown, the ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s board approved construction contract’s for a new storage facility. The 6,000-square-foot metal building will be located just south of campus on the site of the dairy barn that was demolished last December. It will house equipment ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College is increasing student worker wages to comply with state mandate for incremental minimum wage boost in January. Payroll for IVCC would increase $1,350 per week to cover a total of 68 workers at $9.25 per hour. Cheryl Roelfsema, vice president for ...Read more
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