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Hillvue Heights baptizes more than 700 people in 2024, so far
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (KT) — At Hillvue Heights Church, sharing the gospel “is a way of life,” says Lead Pastor Steve Ayers. That has resulted in the church baptizing 703 people this year — the highest yearly total in the church’s history. “There’s no magic...
Olney’s Lee Flips Wood to Win Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Shelbyville
SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (May 20, 2024) – Boater Jeffrey Lee of Olney, Illinois, caught a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 4 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Shelbyville . The tournament was the first event of the season for the BFL Illini Division. Lee earned $3,289 for his victory.
'Empty the Shelters' adoption event coming to Daviess County
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEVV) — There's a special pet adoption event coming to Daviess County Animal Care & Control. BISSELL Pet Foundation's "Empty the Shelters" adoption event will be taking place for one week from from Tuesday, July 23, to Tuesday, July 30. During the adoption event, all adoption fees...
Memorial Hospital in Jasper gets new CAO
JASPER, Ind. (WFIE) - Deaconess and Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center’s Board of Directors have announced the appointment of Keith Miller as its new Chief Administrative Officer. He’ll start Aug. 12. Officials say he most recently served as CEO of Lawrence County Memorial Hospital, a Deaconess affiliate...
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for Owensboro triple homicide
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A man charged with first degree manslaughter after three people were shot and killed in Owensboro in 2019 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Cylar Shemwell was charged in connection to the shooting deaths of Robert Smith Jr., Jay Michael Sowders and Christopher Carie. Authorities say Shemwell and Arnett […]
College basketball's most innovative offensive coaches: Dan Hurley, Bill Self headline 'Xs and Os' savants
College basketball just had the best offensive season in the history of the sport. Yeah, you read that right. The 17.1% turnover rate was the lowest since KenPom started tracking it in 1997. Teams shot a combined 50.3% on two-pointers. That's the best mark since data started being tracked in 1948. It was also the best free throw shooting season in college basketball history.
High schoolers in rural, western Illinois learn the history of why their town is white
CUBA — Nestled between vast stretches of cornfields in western Illinois, Cuba is home to about 1,100 people. It is also 95 percent white, according to the last U.S. census. Once in a while, Cuba High School history teacher Joe Brewer’s students ask him why. “My students want...
Illinois’ Favorite Ice Cream Flavor is Kind of Shocking
National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 21 and you most definitely want to celebrate. But will you celebrate with something more exciting than Illinois' favorite ice cream flavor?. Pretty much every day, there's a 'National' holiday. Some of them are actual holidays when we don't have to go to...
Wintrust Business Lunch 7/22/24: Global outage cost, new home prices, Illinois quantum
Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about the cost of last week’s global outage, and new homes being cheaper per square foot than existing homes. Segment 2: Jim Dallke, Director of Communications, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, tells John about...
Big Changes Coming to 23 Illinois Costco Stores in September
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's actually not true for 23 Costco store locations in Illinois that will be changing in September and I predict many will be unhappy with what's coming. Let me be clear that I'm not business expert and I have no...
Illinois awarded $430M grant from EPA to reduce climate pollution
CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Illinois $430,251,378 from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to fund projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Governor’s Office, the grant will fund $115 million for heavy-duty vehicle electrification; $172 million for “clean” building technologies such as replacing natural gas furnaces […]
Illinois Attorney General defends gun ban with reference to attempted assassination of former president
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said the attempted assassination of former President Trump demonstrates why the state’s gun ban should remain in place. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that Illinois’ ban is ‘highly suspect because it broadly prohibits common semiautomatic firearms used for lawful purposes.”
Illinois continues to struggle to fill vacancies on public boards, state audit shows
State boards and commissions tasked with solving some of Illinois’ biggest problems have been left with hundreds of vacancies for appointed positions and often didn’t have enough members to conduct business, a report released last month from the state auditor general found. The report covered a two-year period ending in 2022, but many of the issues in filling seats on boards and commissions ...
ANNUAL PARKERSBURG CHOWDER THIS WEEKEND
(PARKERSBURG) The Annual Parkersburg Chowder is coming up this Saturday at the Community Building and Park in Parkersburg. The popular Tractor Display will be set up and open at 10:00 and with approximately 800 gallons to be prepared, the chowder will be served by the bowl, by carryout, or by using drive thru lane, starting at 10:30 that morning, plus there will be other food available, including pork barbeque, salads, pies, and cakes. With lineup for the Annual Parade at 12:45 at the Christian Church, it will kick off at 1:00, led by this year’s Grand Marshalls, the children of August and Norma Jean Pampe. All proceeds go to support the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg. All ages are welcome.
Canadian wildfire smoke making a return to the US
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Everyone in Indiana remembers the brutal air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke in our area last summer, but once again, fires in western Canada are driving smoke into the U.S. Air quality has been unhealthy in parts of the Dakotas this past weekend, but most of the smoke has been in the […]
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