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Honor Flight Set for October 17th
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight (LLHF), serving central and southern Illinois, will take their final Honor Flight for 2017 on Tuesday, October 17th, departing from Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Capital A...
Oct 03, 2017
EIU’s Maliya Smith selected for prestigious $13K DFI Fellowship
(Charleston, IL) - Eastern Illinois University graduate-level counseling student Maliya Smith '16 recently earned a prestigious 2017-18 Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellowsh...
Oct 03, 2017
Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug More Readily Available
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D. today announced the release of the Illinois Naloxone Standing Order (Standing Order). This Standing Order m...
Oct 03, 2017
Arthur Man Sentenced to Federal Prison
An Arthur man was sentenced to 10-years in federal prison for meth-related offenses. 30-year-old Jason Vandal is alleged to have had the drug with plans to sell it in January. Eight years of supervise...
Oct 03, 2017
Drive Thru Dinner
The Casey-Westfield Band Boosters will have a drive-thru dinner on October 12th. Get a pork burger, rib eye sandwich, or pork chop sandwich meal between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. on the north side of Casey-W...
Oct 03, 2017
Investigation Continues In Deadliest Mass Shooting In U.S. History
Investigation Continues In Deadliest Mass Shooting In U.S. History (Las Vegas, NV) -- Police are still struggling to figure out why a 64-year-old man carried out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. hi...
Oct 03, 2017
Strasburg 2017 Volunteer of the Year
Mayor Ron Thomas and the Village of Strasburg Board of Trustees are pleased to announce the 2017 Volunteer of the Year recipients, Jim Weiss and Justin Krile. The award was presented at the Annual Lio...
Oct 03, 2017 Left front – Jim Weiss, right front – Justin Krile and behind – Mayor Ron Thomas. Photo submitted by the Village of Strasburg
Over 550 Illinois Guardsmen On Standby For Puerto Rico Deployment
Over 550 Illinois Guardsmen On Standby For Puerto Rico Deployment (Springfield, IL) -- More Illinois troops could soon be on recovery duty in Puerto Rico. Governor Bruce Rauner's office yesterday said...
Oct 03, 2017
Illinois Pumpkin Crop Recovering
Illinois Pumpkin Crop Recovering (Morton, IL) -- Illinois likely won't see a record pumpkin crop, but the state's latest batch of gourds will be better than just a few years ago. Pumpkin buyers and fa...
Oct 03, 2017 solyanka / CC
Decatur Police: Driver High On Heroin, Crashes Into Hospital
Decatur Police: Driver High On Heroin, Crashes Into Hospital (Decatur, IL) -- Police in Decatur don't think the woman who crashed into a local hospital security gate was looking for help. Police yeste...
Oct 03, 2017
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