MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois prison inmates are training dogs from a local animal shelter, and officials say it’s helping both the dogs and the offenders. St. Francis Community Animal Rescue in Murphysboro has teamed up with the Vienna Correctional Center. St. Francis sent ...Read more
SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Eastern Illinois University has launched a pilot program to encourage students training to be teachers to consider looking for employment in rural communities rather than urban centers. Doug Bower, dean of education at Eastern Illinois, said the program, called Teacher ...Read more
EARLVILLE – One person was killed in a single vehicle crash Sunday near the intersection of North 47th Road and East 1250th Road, about one mile north of Earlville. The vehicle was discovered Sunday morning in a field adjacent to the roadway. According to the LaSalle County ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — One person has been killed and two others injured in an early morning shooting along Interstate 55 in Chicago. Illinois State Police say the victims’ car entered the interstate at Harlem Avenue around 2 a.m. Saturday and was hit by gunfire a short time later near Cicero ...Read more
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — The city of Bloomington in central Illinois plans a nationwide search to replace its retiring police chief. Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason says he plans to advertise the position in the next few weeks with the International Association of Chiefs of Police and ...Read more
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — A 71-year prison sentence has been handed a suburban Chicago man convicted of killing a 14-year-old boy in 2012. Dajae Coleman, an Evanston Township High School freshman, was walking with a group of friends when he shot to death. Wesley Woodson of Evanston was eventually ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To help stimulate job growth in Illinois, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, passed a legislative proposal on Wednesday that would require the state to buy products made in Illinois, helping create and support local jobs and keeping taxpayer dollars in state. “By ...Read more
PEORIA – State Sen. Chuck Weaver is hosting a Town Hall April 18 at the High School in Princeton. The Town Hall is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at the High School at 103 S. Euclid Avenue. “Our Town Hall allows Princeton area residents to come together and learn more about ...Read more
LAMOILLE – La Moille High School will begin a Career Start program with Illinois Valley Community College. Beginning in the fall, students will be able to enroll in IVCC Career and Technical Education courses as part of their high school coursework. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Legislation proposing the separation of Chicago from Illinois is intended to spark discussion about the overarching influence of the city in state politics, not actually lead to the creation of the 51st state, according to a central Illinois lawmaker who sponsored the ...Read more
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