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Record “On This Day” Temperatures Broken From Illinois Heat Wave
Let's face it. It was stinking hot yesterday. Thanks to all of that corn sweat and hot temperatures in the area, we've been dealing with a heat wave to kick off the week. Although we didn't break the record for the hottest recorded temperature in the Quad Cities, we did break a daily record during Tuesday's Excessive Heat Warning. We also broke a record overnight, too.
First Merchants exits Illinois retail banking with Old Second deal
Muncie, Indiana-based First Merchants Bank is selling five Chicago-area branches to Aurora, Illinois-based Old Second Bank, taking the Indiana lender out of the Chicago suburbs market. Old Second, which has about $5.7 billion in assets, will also take on about $304 million in deposits and about $12 million in branch-related...
Amazon Fresh debuts four new stores
Amazon Fresh debuted four new stores on Thursday, including its first in Northern California and locations in Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. All of the newly opened supermarkets offer Amazon’s Dash Cart automated grocery carts and Amazon One, the company’s palm-recognition technology. These new stores are beginning operations...
Illinois Receives Over $1.5 Million in Domestic Biofuel and Clean Energy Investments from USDA Rural Development
On the second anniversary of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) IL State Director Pam Monetti announced four Illinois businesses received over $1.5 million in clean energy system investments to increase the availability of domestic biofuels. The Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) is part...
KC-area bank signs $917M merger with Illinois company
Leawood, Kansas-based CrossFirst Bankshares Inc. has signed a merger deal valued at $917 million. CrossFirst will merge into Illinois-based Busey Bank through the deal. Busey’s shareholders would own about 63.5% of the combined company.
Organized retail crime costs Illinois retailers, consumers, taxpayers
(The Center Square) – Illinois retailers, consumers and taxpayers are all paying a price for organized retail crime. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul told The Center Square that organized retail crime involves much more than just smash-and-grab incidents. “It’s rail theft. It’s theft from warehouses, theft from big box stores, the Home Depots, the Walmarts […]
SIU’s Paul Simon Institute hosts Illinois House GOP leader McCombie Sept. 9
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Illinois State Rep. Tony McCombie, the Illinois House Republican leader, will visit Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Sept. 9 to discuss the party’s policy agenda and review the issues she believes will influence the November general elections in Illinois.
Illinois reports first West Nile Virus death this year
Illinois has reported its first West Nile Virus death of 2024.The person was in their 80s and lived in Lake County, Illinois.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThey developed symptoms in the middle of this month and died soon after.The Illinois Health Department says nine people across the state have come down with the virus so far this year.West Nile Virus is typically spread through mosquito bites.People older than 50 and immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk for severe illness from West Nile Virus.SEE ALSO | Dr. Anthony Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home
Upland Game Hunting Program Now Accepting Applications
DECATUR, Ill. (WICS) — The Macon County Conservation District is now accepting applications for upland game hunting at Friends Creeks Conservation Area’s Upland Game Management Area. Hunters must apply by October 2,2024, for the one-day hunts. The area is open for hunting on November 2, 3, 6, 9,...
Family escapes house fire in Decatur
DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Decatur Fire Department was called out for a fire Tuesday night. The call came in around 6:30 p.m. that fire was showing from a bedroom in a home in the 800 block of East Main St. The first arriving engine reported fire coming out of...
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