An Illinois Task Force, assigned to finding solutions to the state’s Medicaid problems, may be considering an alternative approach to helping local hospitals. And---local medical leaders believe it could speed up...
URBANA — Six-term Illinois Congressman Tim Johnson abandoned his re-election bid on Thursday, leaving his fellow Republicans scrambling to find a replacement and fueling Democrats' hopes of picking up...
GIBSON CITY — Nearly 1,000 Ameren Illinois customers in Ford County were without power for more than two hours Wednesday evening, after equipment on a distribution line failed.
Ameren spokesman Leigh Morris said the...
DWIGHT — Closure of Dwight Correctional Center would take $53.7 million, or about 5 percent, from the regional economy, critics of the closure plan said Wednesday.
“We can’t absorb that the way big metro areas can,” said...
By DAVID MERCER
Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- A Republican Party official says veteran Congressman Tim Johnson intends to drop his bid for a seventh term and retire.
The...
CHAMPAIGN — Veteran Illinois U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson intends to drop his bid for a seventh term and retire, a Republican official said Wednesday.
Johnson was expected to make a public...
Today’s the day opponents of the proposed closing of the Dwight Women’s Correctional Center get a chance to voice their say to state officials.
And Dwight Mayor Bill Wilkey and others hope...
It’s labeled a $70,000 cost, but could lead to a savings of $1,300 a month. Iroquois County appears to be geared for a county-wide telephone system upgrade.
The County Board’s Management committee (Tues) OK’d Ruder...
While emergency responders answered the calls to two REAL events Sunday….other fire, police, ambulance and emergency management personnel were practicing for what could be an actual event.
A mock drill involved a Search &...
American farmers intend to plant nearly 96 million acres of corn this year, according to the USDA Prospective Plantings report released Friday morning.
If realized, it would be the highest acreage planted to corn since...
