SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) have established new Illinois-specific guidelines for issuing air quality messages to the public to provide additional guidance for public health measures. The Illinois EPA is incorporating all 14 sectors where air quality is forecasted in Illinois into the Air […]
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police joined law enforcement agencies from eleven states in National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 5 and 7 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri) yesterday for this year’s high visibility Speed Awareness Day enforcement campaign. This campaign was an effort to address
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding the public to be aware of the potential for exposure to rabies from infected animals. Bats are the most common source of potential infection in Illinois, and exposures from bats tend to be more frequent during the summer months, especially July and August.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing a not warranted 12-month finding on a petition to list the Illinois chorus frog under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Using the best available science, we conducted a Species Status Assessment to inform our listing determination and found that the species is not
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PERRYVILLE, Mo. — The American Tractor Museum held a groundbreaking ceremony for its expansion project. The expansion project is anticipated to be completed in mid-2024. In attendance for the groundbreaking were the American Tractor Museum’s Board of Directors, the City of Perryville Officials, local businesses, and community members. American Tractor Museum’s Executive Director
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CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker joined Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, local officials, and business leaders to celebrate the official opening of Lion Electric’s newest electric vehicle manufacturing facility. The 900,000 square foot facility is the largest all-electric U.S. plant dedicated to medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle production and builds on Governor Pritzker’s years
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JEFFERSON CITY – Two persons were hurt in a three-vehicle traffic crash late Monday afternoon on I-55 in Jefferson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash happened on the northbound side of the interstate when a 2020 Ford Ranger being driven by Alexander H. Merrill of Osprey, Florida at what the patrol
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STE. GENEVIEVE — The city of Ste Genevieve announced Tuesday on social media that it is moving city hall to a new location, but only for about six months until the remodeling of its usual home is finished. “Ste Genevieve City Hall is getting a facelift!” the Facebook post declared. “That means we must move
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PERRYVILLE – Perryville Elementary School welcomed a new principal on July 1, when retired high school principal Jeff Steffens assumed leadership. Current principal Jane Narrow accepted the position of Chief Academic Officer and began her new duties at Central Office on July 1. Mr. Steffens joins Assistant Principal Leslie Ackermann at PES,
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CHESTER – The Chester Planning Commission meets Thursday at 5 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: Chester Planning Commission City of Chester, Illinois Meeting Agenda Thursday June 27, 2023 5:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE USA ROLL CALL MINUTES
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