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5 Things To Know About Your Rights As a Day Laborer in Illinois
Dozens of South American day laborers, mostly from Venezuela, wait for work in the parking lot of Home Depot in the 4500 block of S Western Blvd on Monday, July 8, 2024. Like all workers, day laborers have the same legal protections as other American workers, regardless of immigration status, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
COLUMN: The Heartbreak of Injustice, Remembering Sonya Massey
On July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old mother known for her boundless love, was brutally taken from us. Her life was extinguished in an act of violence that defies understanding—shot in the face by an Illinois police officer. The details of her death are gruesome: a bullet entered her left eye and exited through her neck killing Ms. Massey.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says it would be ‘near impossible’ to get Bears stadium deal done this fall
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday said there is almost no chance that a deal will get done this year on a taxpayer-funded stadium for the Chicago Bears, especially since the team has yet to make a proposal that the governor thinks would be acceptable to lawmakers. “I made it clear to the Bears leadership that it would be near impossible to get anything done — if there was a proposal put on the ...
2-year-old Champaign boy dies in ‘apparent drowning’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County Coroner has announced the death of a two-year-old Champaign boy in what he called “an apparent drowning” on Monday. Coroner Stephen Thuney said the child was reportedly separated from his mother around 3 p.m. 17 minutes later, he was found by a family member in a pond near […]
DACC CDL Program Gives Quaker Workers, Others, a Chance to Change Their Lives in Six Weeks
ABOVE: DACC CDL Program Director Pete Powell and student Chris Suchaczewski. During a presentation before the Danville Area Community College Board of Trustees Monday (July 29th) evening, DACC CDL Program Director Pete Powell said that yes, a lot of his recent students in the program have been former Danville Quaker Oats plant workers. And they’ve done very well.
Bear Spotted Galloping Thru Carbondale, Illinois Farm Field
Do you doubt that there are more bears in Missouri and Illinois than ever before? Here's more video proof as a black bear was spotted galloping through a field near Carbondale, Illinois recently. I just came across this YouTube short shared by Scott McCree just a few days ago. Since...
There’s a new special agent in charge at the FBI in Springfield
Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Christopher J.S. Johnson has been appointed by Director Christopher Wray as the special agent in charge of the Springfield Field Office in Illinois. Johnson joined the FBI in 2004, initially working on violent crimes and crimes against children at the Detroit Field Office....
Rochester’s Carlson Discusses Fitzgerald’s Hot Streak
When your name starts being mentioned in the same category as Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds, you must be doing something right on the baseball field. Rochester graduate Tyler Fitzgerald has vaulted himself into elite company with an incredible hot streak for the San Francisco Giants that included five straight games with a home run, a twelve game hitting streak and eight home runs in ten games. Fitzgerald, class of 2016 at Rochester High School, is batting .319 this season with nine total home runs, 19 RBIs and a 1.021 OPS.