Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill that will block townships from writing their own regulations for wind farms.
Controversy erupted in Douglas County last month when Newman Township voted to require a wind farm company to...
Mary Ronna will continue her role as president of the Milford #124 school board. The MAPS district reorganized this week (Wed) while also recognizing veteran board members Dave Fox and Charles Leitz for their respective 16...
Area school boards have new faces following the consolidated election early this month. And re-organization is the focus moving forward. Failed referendums, for some, finds the school officials setting priorities to overcome...
Ag Day at Danville Area Community College welcomed a visit from Illinois Agriculture Director John Sullivan. He was recently approved by the state senate after being appointed by Governor JB Pritzker.
Sullivan talked about the...
The unemployment rate in Illinois climbed one-tenth of a point to 4.4 percent in March as the state recorded a net loss of 2,300 jobs, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday.
According to preliminary...
Kankakee Community College officials, friends and business leaders gathered (Wed) to celebrate the newest addition to its riverfront campus --- Advanced Technology Education Center (ATEC).
The KCC Board of Trustees was...
Flood victims in Watseka will finally get some of the mitigation help local officials have been waiting on.
Several months of negotiations with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have been finalized, according to...
The Gibson Area Hospital Foundation is well underway with its fundraising campaign for a major expansion. A $2-million dollar campaign was blessed with $50,000 donations from CEO Rob Schmitt and his wife and the Gibson Area...
Yesterday was Tax Freedom Day across America. The Tax Foundation estimates how long taxpayers would have to work to pay off their annual tax bill and marks the occasion. Taxpayers in Illinois would have to work until the 26th of...
