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Jeopardy! Champ Ken Jennings Visits SIU
Jeopardy! Champ Ken Jennings Visits SIU (Carbondale, IL) -- Southern Illinois University students are asking the questions after Jeopardy! Champion Ken Jennings visited campus. The so-called Greatest ...
Sep 20, 2021
Taylorville School Restrooms Vandalized As Part Of Challenge
Taylorville School Restrooms Vandalized As Part Of Challenge (Taylorville, IL) -- Taylorville Police are asking parents to talk to their children after school restrooms across the country are being va...
Sep 20, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces Boeing's $200 Million Manufacturing Investment in New U.S. Navy Aircraft in Metro East
For Immediate Release - September 17, 2021 Gov. Pritzker Announces Boeing's $200 Million Manufacturing Investment in New U.S. Navy Aircraft in Metro East MASCOUTAH -Governor JB Pritzker joined Boeing ...
Sep 17, 2021
Public Health Officials Announce 25,956 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease Over the Past Week
For Immediate Release - September 17, 2021 Public Health Officials Announce 25,956 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease Over the Past Week SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) tod...
Sep 17, 2021
Illinois Student Assistance Commission endorses IBHE Higher Education Strategic Plan
For Immediate Release - September 17, 2021 Illinois Student Assistance Commission endorses IBHE Higher Education Strategic Plan CHICAGO - Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) Commissioners of...
Sep 17, 2021
Illinois Departments of Agriculture and Labor Highlight National Farm Safety and Health Week September 19-25
For Immediate Release - September 17, 2021 Illinois Departments of Agriculture and Labor Highlight National Farm Safety and Health Week September 19-25 SPRINGFIELD, IL - As another harvest season begi...
Sep 17, 2021
In-Person Workforce Services Now Available at All IDES American Job Centers
For Immediate Release - September 17, 2021 In-Person Workforce Services Now Available at All IDES American Job Centers SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced tod...
Sep 17, 2021
Bushton Christian Church Donates to Peace Meal
For Immediate Release - September 17, 2021 Bushton Christian Church Donates to Peace Meal The Bushton Christian Church donated $1,350 to Peace Meal in honor of Larry Irby, who was a long-time SBL empl...
Sep 17, 2021 Pictured left to right: Larry’s daughter, Angie Coffey, wife Vicki Irby, Barbra Wylie, Peace Meal program manager, and Amy Card, SBL Foundation director. Photo submitted by Sarah Bush Lincoln.
Memorial Health System Raising Minimum Hourly Pay
Memorial Health System Raising Minimum Hourly Pay (Springfield, IL) -- Memorial Health system is raising its minimum pay to 15-dollars an hour. The increase will be made at five of its hospitals and d...
Sep 17, 2021
Sears Closing Its Last Store In Home State Of Illinois
Sears Closing Its Last Store In Home State Of Illinois (Hoffman Estates, IL) -- The last Sears department store is set to shut its doors for good in the retailer's home state of Illinois. The shop, lo...
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