SPRINGFIELD – With winter bearing down and snow starting to appear in the forecast, the Illinois Department of Transportation is debuting an improved winter road conditions map on its popular Getting Around Illinois website. “Illinois winters are notorious for changing quickly and drastically, sometimes over just a few miles. These improvements to Getting Around Illinois […]
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CHICAGO – Paul Schimpf, Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois, issued the following statement in response to JB Pritzker signing SB 536 which lacks election integrity safeguards: “Out of all of the items included in SB 536, improving and increasing election integrity safeguards was not one of them. If the Democrats are going to make voting
CHICAGO — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today released his annual Safe Shopping Guide highlighting hazardous toys, children’s products and household items that have been recalled during the past year to help Illinois families ensure a safe holiday shopping season. The 2021 Safe Shopping Guide includes detailed descriptions and photographs of children’s products recalled in the
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CHICAGO — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general in supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) effort to reduce robocallers’ access to legitimate phone numbers to use to make illegal robocalls. “I am committed to protecting the rights of Illinois consumers, and that includes defending against illegal robocalls,” Raoul
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CHESTER – A regular open meeting of the Chester Community Unit School District 139 Board of Education will be held Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. following a closed meeting. The meeting will be held in the Chester High School Family and Consumer Science Classroom at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois. The tentative agenda
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EVANSVILLE — This past week Christ Our Savior FFA chapter participated in several events. Section 22 officers held a leadership training school (LTS) for all the FFA chapters in section 22 at Waterloo High School. The evening began with pizza and fellowship. The officers divided the students from each chapter into different groups. The groups moved
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) reminds hunters in counties where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected that Firearm Deer Check Stations will be open this year in CWD-testing counties. Check stations were not open in 2020 due to health and safety protocols in place at that time. Check stations
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Chamber applauds the passage and signing into law of H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This bipartisan legislation fulfills a generational pursuit for adequate investment in Illinois’ vital and physical infrastructure by strengthening the work done in the state’s 2019 capital bill. In addition to the traditional Illinois priorities of
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SPRINGFIELD – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC-IL) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s signature of the federal infrastructure bill: “Over the next five years, the federal infrastructure bill will invest over $17 billion in Illinois alone. That means billions of dollars dedicated to rebuilding and redesigning interstates, repairing and replacing
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s office has released its latest reports. Arrested were: Philip P. Roscow 27, Steeleville, arrested November 8, 2021 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office for unlawful possession of controlled substance. Released by order of Judge. Ivan F. Jones 50, Dupo, arrested November 8, 2021 by Randolph county sheriff’s office on a
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