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Microgrants to Fund Nonprofit Training, Development
Seventeen Macon County Legacy nonprofit organizations were awarded a total of more than $28,800 in Microgrants from The Community Foundation of Macon County (CFMC). The grants are targeted to help fun...
Apr 12, 2022
Getz named as Commander of the Macon County Law Enforcement Training Center
Richland Community College is pleased to announce that Jim Getz has been named as the Commander of the Macon County Law Enforcement Training Center (MCLETC). Dr. Cristobal Valdez, President of Richlan...
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Sewer Work to Close Jasper St Underpass Thursday
City crews will be working on sewer cleaning and maintenance on the N. Jasper Street underpass, between E. Sangamon St. and N. Illinois St., beginning Thursday, April 14, 2022. This work will cause th...
Apr 12, 2022
Illinois Senate Approved Pritzker's Appointees For Prisoner Review Board
The Illinois Senate is giving the go ahead to a pair of Governor Pritzker's appointees to the state's Prisoner Review Board. Ex-Cook County Judge Robin Shoffner and former Republican Governor Bruce Ra...
Apr 12, 2022 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
Illinois Lawmakers Send Anti-Crime Bills To Pritzker's Desk
Illinois lawmakers are sending a series of anti-crime bills to Governor Pritzker's desk. One bill is designed to curb organized retail crime. The bill defines organized retail crime as a criminal char...
Apr 12, 2022 Jason Rojas / CC
One Charged In Deadly Decatur Shooting
One man is charged in a deadly shooting in Decatur. Police say shots were fired early Saturday in the 100 block of South Dipper Lane. Officers found a shooting victim in the parking lot of an apartmen...
Apr 11, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Illinois Farmers Shift to More Soybeans this Year
Illinois farmers normally plant more corn acres than soybean acres. Not this year. The spike in the price of nitrogen fertilizers used on corn has made it cheaper to plant soybeans. Common practice in...
Apr 11, 2022 wattpublishing / CC
Pritzker Touts Full Passage Of Nursing Home Rate Reform
Governor Pritzker is touting the full passage of nursing home rate reform. A House bill reforms nursing home rates to incentivize higher staffing levels and quality improvements at facilities. The gov...
Apr 11, 2022 UNC - CFC - USFK / CC
Legislature Delays Gas Tax Increase
Josh Sharp, CEO of the IL Fuel and Retail Association, issued a statement on the Illinois Legislature authorizing two gas tax increases for 2023 and requiring fuel retailers to post signs at their own...
Apr 11, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
IL Legislators Pass Massive Budget Early Saturday Morning
In the early morning hours on Saturday, Illinois Senate and House passed the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and new tax benefit plan. The plan suspends the state's 1% grocery tax for a year, freezes the Moto...
Apr 11, 2022 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
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