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SC Church Shooter Gets Death Sentence
SC Church Shooter Gets Death Sentence (Charleston, SC) -- South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof is sentenced to death for killing nine people at a historically black church. He was convicted of fe...
Jan 10, 2017
Governor Applauds General Assembly’s Passage of Lead Testing Bill
SPRINGFIELD - Governor Bruce Rauner today released the following statement on SB 550, the bill that would require testing of drinking water for lead at schools and daycares: "This bill shows what is p...
Jan 10, 2017 Steven Vance / CC
EZ Care at New Location Beginning January 23
Mark your calendars! Beginning Monday, January 23, EZ Care will be seeing patients at its new offsite location on Route 1 South, across from the industrial park in Paris. The walk-in clinic will serve...
Jan 10, 2017
House Passes Administration’s Permanent Property Tax Freeze Proposal
SPRINGFIELD - Governor Rauner issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the Administration's proposal, HB 6630 sponsored by Rep. Mark Batinick, to permanently free...
Jan 10, 2017
U Of I Offering Another In-State Tuition Freeze
U Of I Offering Another In-State Tuition Freeze (Urbana, IL) -- Students from Illinois are looking at a slightly lower cost to attend the biggest public university in the state. The University of Illi...
Jan 10, 2017
Eagle Day at Lake Shelbyville
Lake Shelbyville - Eagle Day at Lake Shelbyville is scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center. The center will be open from 9:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. for event p...
Jan 10, 2017
Car Crashes Into Building On Lincoln Land Community College Campus
Car Crashes Into Building On Lincoln Land Community College Campus (Taylorville, IL) -- Authorities are trying to determine if charges should be filed after a car crashed into a building on the Lincol...
Jan 10, 2017
Oakland Spelling Bee Results
Yesterday was the Lake Crest Elementary Spelling Bee in Oakland and nine students competed with Camille Clifton coming out on top. She won the Bee for correctly spelling the word "daunted." Clifton, a...
Jan 10, 2017 J E Theriot / CC
EIU Vitalization Project Released Reccommendations
Eastern Illinois University will likely be seeing some changes coming soon as part of recently released recommendations from the university's Vitalization Project. Those recommendations include things...
Jan 10, 2017
Zero to Hero Training Program This Week
The American Red Cross will offer a Zero to Hero disaster volunteer training in Charleston January 13 through 15th. There is no charge for the training session, but reservations are requested at 217-2...
Jan 10, 2017
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