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Blumer State ASFA Teacher of Year
Greenville Junior High Science Teacher Jackie Blumer has received another honor from the Air and Space Forces Association. Blumer is the ASFA’s Illinois Teacher of the Year. She had previously been recognized as ASFA Scott Memorial Chapter teacher of the year. The state honor was announced at the recent...
Experts claim Illinois is home to 2 “New Ivy League” Universities
The old Ivy League consists of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and others but what schools are in the "new" Ivy League? Two of them are located here in the Land of Lincoln!. According to an article from NBC Chicago, Forbes put together a list of "New Ivies" public and private universities, and the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and Northwestern University made the list.
Alert – 3 Armed & Dangerous Fugitives Could Be Hiding in Illinois
There's another alert that three very dangerous criminals are on the run and there's a possibility they could be laying low in Illinois as law enforcement efforts ramp up to apprehend them. I saw this bulletin from the United States Marshals in the Southern District of Iowa warning of 3...
iFAB Awarded $51 Million Grant to Propel Biomanufacturing
URBANA, Ill. — The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub has been awarded approximately $51 million from the Tech Hubs Program through the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. The iFAB consortium, led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will receive a Phase 2 Implementation grant to position Central Illinois as a global leader in biomanufacturing and precision fermentation, supporting national security, economic growth, and job generation.
Sheriff: Man flees from police in Wisconsin, dies after crashing into an SUV in Illinois
NEWPORT, Ill. (WFRV) – A southern Wisconsin man reportedly died after fleeing from police in Wisconsin and crashing into an SUV in Illinois. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, on July 6 around 4:30 p.m., deputies responded to a reported crash with injuries. When authorities got to the scene, two vehicles were found with ‘major’ damage.
There's a peachier outlook for most southern Illinois orchards this summer
Peach production for the larger orchards in deep southern Illinois appears to have bounced back after a rough year last summer — but it was a second down year in a row for a well-known Metro East grower. “We’re really happy with where our peaches are at right now,”...
16th Scott's Law crash involving ISP of 2024, driver charged with DUI
CHICAGO (WICS) — Illinois State Police (ISP) experienced their 16th Scott's Law-related crash of 2024 on Friday. ISP says at 2:59 a.m. an ISP troopers squad car was parked in Lane 3 on Interstate 90 near 75th Street with emergency lights activated, while the trooper was handling a previous traffic crash.
Illinois CTE teachers eligible for tenure, other rights under new state law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Teachers who hold a career and technical education license are now eligible for tenure in Illinois. CTE teachers were previously left out of tenure consideration due to an oversight by state lawmakers. A new law guarantees those educators are entitled to the rights and privileges of professional educator license holders.
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