SPRINGFIELD – A bill circulating the General Assembly would set limits to the number of patients nurses can see. Some of the requirements of The Safe Patient Limit Act are that patient assignment to those in intensive care is two per nurse, one per nurse for triage patients and three per ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Giving Day overflowed with generosity and slime. The annual fundraiser hosted on Wednesday featured a series of relay races for students and ended with faculty covered in slime. Director of Admissions Quentin Overock and Professor ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Police in the Chicago suburb of Aurora say the department is sending two detectives to the Cincinnati area to investigate a missing child report that could involve an Aurora boy who disappeared in 2011. Aurora Police Sgt. Bill Rowley said Wednesday afternoon that the ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois will start selling beer in general seating areas at Memorial Stadium and State Farm Center this fall. School athletics officials said Tuesday that beginning with the 2019 football season beer will be available at several stands around Memorial ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Winnebago County in northern Illinois experienced a 28 percent increase in drug overdose deaths in 2018. Coroner Bill Hintz says 159 people died of overdoses, averaging three such deaths per week last year. In 2017, 124 people died of drug overdoses in the county of about ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois residents are now able to review the number of lead service lines in their community’s water system. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John Kim announced Tuesday that the agency has launched an online tool that allows residents to download ...Read more
OTTAWA – Voter’s in the city of Ottawa elected a former commissioner as their next Mayor. Daniel F. Aussem will replace outgoing Mayor Robert M. Eschbach. Aussem came in with 52 percent of the vote, while opponent Julie Johnson trailed in at nearly 48 percent of the vote. ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator Mayor Jimmie Lansford and incumbent councilmen will be keeping their seats after the 2019 Consolidated Election. Incumbent Jimmie D. Lansford had nearly 57 percent of the vote, while opponents Joseph Scarbeary came in with 29 percent and Siobhan Elias with 14 percent ...Read more
MENDOTA – The spring election saw two new faces join the Mendota City Council, with John Holland taking the Ward 3 seat, edging out Jody Mall. In Ward 4, Mark Peasley edged out Matt Ramer by just two votes, 73 to 71. They’ll be replacing Alderman Walter Weiland and Randy ...Read more
PRINCETON – Mayor Joel Quiram returns to guide Princeton for the future handily beating opponent Ray Swanson in the spring election by 400 votes. Princeton residents also voted to approve a quarter percent sales tax increase, bringing their obligation up to 8%. The increased revenue ...Read more
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