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Shelby Electric Cooperative youth visit the capitol for Youth Day
SPRINGFIELD - State Senator Chapin Rose and Representatives Avery Bourne and Brad Halbrook met with students representing Shelby Electric Cooperative during the Illinois Electric and Telephone Coopera...
Apr 25, 2018 Pictured with Senator Chapin Rose and Representative Brad Halbrook are High School (HS) students representing Shelby Electric Cooperative at "Youth Day" in Springfield. Front row left to right: Cody Knodle of Nokomis HS, Logan Mathis of Stew-Stras HS, Sadie Zimmerman of Okaw Valley HS, Allison Oligschlaeger of Shelbyville HS, Ashley Bartels of Cowden-Herrick HS, Luke Senteney of Cowden-Herrick HS, Delaney Brooks of Meridian HS, Yeager Minott of Central A&M HS. Back row left to right: Anna Wooters of Okaw-Valley HS, Senator Chapin Rose, Calla Roney of Stew-Stras HS, Harrison Wooters of Shelbyville HS, Lucas Duduit of Pana HS, Emily Kuhn of Pana HS, Representative Brad Halbrook, Rebekah Follis of Nokomis HS. Photo submitted by Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives.
Gov. Rauner advocates innovative apprenticeship models
NEUSTADT, Germany (Apr. 24, 2018) - Gov. Bruce Rauner, in a push for stronger apprenticeship programs in Illinois, met with company leaders, apprentices and students at the BBZ Neustadt am Rbenberge. ...
Apr 25, 2018
Google Reveals Gmail Redesign
Google Reveals Gmail Redesign (Mountain View, CA) -- Google is redesigning its Gmail for the first time since 2013. Parent company Alphabet revealed the new design this morning, and called it an expen...
Apr 25, 2018 C.E. Kent / CC
Waffle House Suspect Has History Of Red Flags
Waffle House Suspect Has History Of Red Flags (Nashville, TN) -- A Tennessee police report says the Waffle House shooting suspect thought he was being stalked by Taylor Swift. Twenty-nine-year-old Tra...
Apr 25, 2018
QC Republican Congressional Candidate Claims Facebook Censorship
QC Republican Congressional Candidate Claims Facebook Censorship (Galena, IL) -- The Republican candidate for congress in the Quad Cities says Facebook is censoring his campaign page. Bill Fawell sent...
Apr 25, 2018
Illinois Comptroller: State's Unpaid Bills Ate Up Money For Needs
Illinois Comptroller: State's Unpaid Bills Ate Up Money For Needs (Springfield, IL) -- The woman who pays Illinois' bills says money that could have gone to veterans, or the mentally ill, or schools i...
Apr 25, 2018
U Of I Academic Senate To Vote To Ban The Chief
U Of I Academic Senate To Vote To Ban The Chief (Urbana, IL) -- Some folks at the University of Illinois want to ban Chief Illiniwek from football and basketball games next year. The university's Acad...
Apr 25, 2018
Illinois Senate Votes To Hike Home Care Worker Salaries
Illinois Senate Votes To Hike Home Care Worker Salaries (Springfield, IL) -- Some home healthcare workers in Illinois could be in line for a big raise. The Illinois Senate yesterday voted to nearly do...
Apr 25, 2018
National Drug Take Back Day This Saturday
April 28th is National Drug Take Back Day. You can drop off unused prescription opioids and other unused prescription medications at several sites throughout the area between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ...
Apr 25, 2018 Victor / CC
Windsor Elementary School Movie Night
The Windsor Elementary School Student Council welcomes you to their next movie night, Friday, April 27th. The featured film will be "Ferdinand." Showtime is 6:00 p.m. The concession stand will be open...
Apr 25, 2018
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