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Multiple people struck by car near 5th and North Grand early Thursday morning; driver arrested
Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – UPDATE – Springfield police arrested 22-year-old Evan M. Hutson of Springfield Thursday afternoon for aggravated assault and aggravated battery with a vehicle in connection to an incident near 5th Street and North Grand Avenue that occurred in the early in the day.
JSD117 Experiencing Space Crunch For Special Education, New Construction Project(s) Being Explored
Jacksonville School District 117 is currently in crisis of having enough special education space. Superintendent Steve Ptacek told the Board of Education last night that Director of Student Services and Special Education Barbie Davidsmeyer had identified the need for 7 additional Special Education classrooms by next school year. The district also has the need to hire 16 fully licensed Special Education teachers, according to its most recent teacher vacancy report. Those 16 spots are currently being filled by long-term substitutes.
Warm, humid conditions likely prompted swarm of bugs seen in B-N on Wednesday
For a few hours Wednesday night, insects in parts of Bloomington-Normal were of biblical proportions. Swarms and swarms of small, ant-like, winged insects covered cars, pestered dogs, forced some people to move indoors, and they all — seemingly — appeared out of nowhere. And then they were gone.
Normal Police Chief Petrilli 'owns mistake' of bringing loaded gun to the Bloomington airport
Normal Police Chief Steve Petrilli said he wants to turn a mistake into a teachable moment for his department. Petrilli acknowledged that he carried a loaded handgun in a bag through a pre-check security screening at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confirmed its officers...
Eastern Illinois vs. Illinois Best bets: Odds, predictions, recent stats, and trends for August 29
It is a battle between neighbors (only 65 miles apart) as Eastern Illinois takes the short trip to Champaign, IL to take on the Fighting Illini in one of many FCS vs. FBS matchups in Week 1 in college football. This is the 4th year for Bret Bielema at Illinois....
Chicago’s ‘Plover Mother,’ Tamima Itani, Recognized by Illinois as an Outstanding Volunteer of the Year
From the first appearance of Monty and Rose to the heartbreaking loss of three piping plover chicks this summer, there’s been one constant throughout each plover season in Chicago: Tamima Itani. As the lead plover monitor at Montrose Beach, she manages the schedules of nearly 200 people — assigning...
Rockford BBB: Illinois Scammers Using Fake Local Phone Numbers
Here in Illinois and across the country, people are losing tens of billions of dollars to phone scams and scammers every single year. In spite of numerous efforts to alert the public to these scams, between 2021 and this year the numbers of people being scammed via phone has gone up in many categories, not down.
Sangamon Co. judge rules in Deidre Silas murder trial
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A judge ruled in the murder trial of former social worker Deidre Silas Thursday afternoon. The judge has ruled Benjamin Reed is guilty but mentally ill. Silas, 36, was a social worker with DCFS. In January 2022, she went on a home visit in Thayer, Illinois. It was there that she […]
PHOTOS: Firefighters rescue man from grain bin in Logan County
NEW HOLLAND, Ill. (WCIA) — Multiple Central Illinois fire departments responded to a Logan County village on Wednesday for a grain bin rescue. The Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District was among the agencies that responded to the New Holland Elevator. Officials posted on Facebook that a single person was trapped up to his waist when […]
When One Illinois Twister Caused Nearly $1 Billion Dollars Damage
The were so many odd things about that day in 2013. First, it was a November tornado which is somewhat rare. Second, it was part of an unprecedented outbreak that caused almost unheard of amounts of damage in Illinois that totaled nearly $1 billion dollars when it finally lifted back into the clouds.
Illinois Blood Bank Urgently Needs Donors NOW to Save Lives
The Rock River Valley Blood Center in Rockford, Illinois is in dire need of your help. Are you willing to answer the call?. Summer is typically a tough season for blood banks across Illinois. People are just too busy to think about donating lifesaving blood, but with the holiday weekend ahead, low donation numbers could have dire consequences.
Health officials in Ill., Wis. report 3 West Nile virus deaths
Two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus, according to health officials.A third person in Wisconsin also has been hospitalized because of the mosquito-borne illness, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said Thursday in a release.That state's cases involve residents of Outagamie, Fond du Lac and Brown counties.In Lake County, Illinois, three people tested positive for the virus over the past seven days, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center said Thursday in a release.One of the victims experienced symptom onset in mid-August and died shortly thereafter.West Nile virus...
Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Hot Winter for Missouri & Illinois?
I will believe this when I see it actually happen. There are reports that the Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting a warm and dry winter for both Missouri and Illinois. Let's dig in and see if that really is true. I went directly to the source and can confirm that...
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