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Ellen Trainor honored with Lake Land College’s Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award
Ellen Trainor, Lake Land College adjunct faculty in the agriculture division, received the 2018 Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award. Trainor has worked at Lake Land College for several years and has b...
Apr 30, 2018 Ellen Trainor, Lake Land College Adjunct Faculty Agriculture Division, received the 2018 Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award. Photo submitted by Lake Land College.
American White Pelican Returned to the Wild After Being Shot
An American white pelican that was found shot at the Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is ready to return to the wild, according to veterinary caregivers at the University of Illinois College o...
Apr 30, 2018 American White Pelicans. Photo submitted by The Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Republican Senator Weaver: Illinois Will Act On FOID Cards
Republican Senator Weaver: Illinois Will Act On FOID Cards (Peoria, IL) -- One central Illinois Republican says he expects lawmakers to act on FOID cards by the end of May. Peoria state Senator Chuck ...
Apr 30, 2018
Led by New Salem, sites from Chicago to southern Illinois make list of top historic sites
SPRINGFIELD - The list of top Illinois historic sites chosen by voters in the Illinois Top 200 project covers more than 1,000 years of history, from Cahokia Mounds to Abraham Lincoln's home to Route 6...
Apr 30, 2018
Governor Rauner Requests SBA Assistance for Iroquois, Kankakee and Vermilion Counties for February Floods
SPRINGFIELD (Apr. 27, 2018) - Governor Bruce Rauner today submitted a request for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance to help people and businesses in Iroquois, Kankakee and Vermilion ...
Apr 30, 2018
West Union Man Charged with DUI
A West Union man is charged with DUI and improper lane usage in an accident that occurred yesterday in Clark County. Illinois State Police say 42-year-old Jason Selby collided with a vehicle driven by...
Apr 30, 2018
Friend Test-Drives Buddy's Car Into Quad Cities River
Friend Test-Drives Buddy's Car Into Quad Cities River (Moline, IL) -- Moline Police are blaming too much horsepower for a test drive that left a brand-new Camaro in the Rock River last week. Police sa...
Apr 30, 2018
Patti Blagojevich Looks To Be Courting Trump Action
Patti Blagojevich Looks To Be Courting Trump Action (Chicago, IL) -- The only hope for former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to get out of prison looks to be President Trump. And his wife looks to ...
Apr 30, 2018 ThePublicityAgency / CC
Illinois State Police Recognize Farmers on the Move
Effingham - Illinois State Police (ISP) in District 12 urge motorists to exercise due caution while traveling on Illinois roadways during spring planting season. As farmers begin to move equipment fro...
Apr 30, 2018
Flora Fifth Graders Involved in Accident
An accident in Taylorville last week sent several Flora fifth grade students to the hospital. According to the Taylorville Police Department, the driver of the minivan apparently ran a red light and c...
Apr 30, 2018
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