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Someone Stopped at this Illinois Gas Station and Won $1.7 Million
What are your expectations when you stop at a gas station? Probably to fill up your vehicle and maybe grab some refreshments. One person stopped at an Illinois gas station and won nearly $1.7 million dollars. This unassuming gas station at 5320 W. 127th St in Alsip, Illinois. It just...
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...
Day Two of Mendota Tri-County Fair Features Truck & Tractor Pulls
The Mendota Tri-County Fair is up and running, and, with good weather forecast for this weekend, this may be one to remember. The event runs through Monday at the fairgrounds in Mendota. The Mendota Tri-County Fair is up and running, and, with good weather forecast for this weekend, this may...
Department on Aging Announces Roundtables to Discuss Aging Issues and Priorities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State aging officials are holding a series of roundtable discussions—open to service providers, older adults, family caregivers, and the public—to help shape the future of policymaking, service delivery, and investment priorities to meet the needs of a growing older adult population. “As a requirement...
As Illinois receives praise for its cannabis equity efforts, stakeholders still working on system’s flaws
Medical marijuana patients can now purchase cannabis grown by small businesses as part of their allotment, Illinois’ top cannabis regulator said, but smaller, newly licensed cannabis growers are still seeking greater access to the state’s medical marijuana customers. Illinois legalized medicinal marijuana beginning in 2014, then legalized it...
EEE, West Nile and more: What to know about mosquito-borne illnesses in Illinois
The world’s deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It’s the mosquito. The buzzing insects are more than annoying — they spread disease. When they bite and drink blood from a person or animal they can pick up viruses or germs too. If they can go on to bite someone or something else, they deposit the germ right under the skin.
After major changes at Sugar Grove Nature Center, a petition effort aims to restore public trust
More than a year after a decision to cease operations as they were known at the Sugar Grove Nature Center in rural McLean County, some members of the settler-era families who oversee that land and its assets are hoping to change the way their governance board functions. Some 153 members...
Illinois football vs Eastern Illinois: How the Illini won their opener, with key plays, highlights, reaction from coach, players and more
The Illinois Fighting Illini ran up a big lead on the arm of quarterback Luke Altmyer and gave Eastern Illinois no chance with a defense that created four turnovers Thursday in the college football opener for both teams at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Illinois got four touchdown passes from Altmyer in the first...
Health officials in Wisconsin, Illinois 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...
Where to watch Labor Day parades around central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — People across the U.S. will celebrate Labor Day on Monday, which recognizes the achievements of workers and the American labor movement. Many people celebrating will take part in or watch parades. According to the West Central Illinois Labor Council, here are some of the ones that will take place around central Illinois:
'Save your receipts': Illinois disaster proclamation could open door to federal assistance
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation for Winnebago County following the July 13-16 storms that caused widespread flooding and wind damage. The proclamation — which applies to seven Illinois counties, including Winnebago, Cook, Henry, Fulton, St. Clair, Washington, and Will — could open the door to a federal major disaster declaration, which Pritzker requested Wednesday. ...
55 Illinois Families Run From Homes by Artificial Intelligence?
How would you feel if you were given no realistic choice other than to abandon your home because of an incoming artificial intelligence company? That was a realistic dilemma for 55 Illinois families who found themselves looking for a new place to live thanks to robots. Stringer media on YouTube...
Illinois solar project to be biggest in eastern half of U.S.
Illinois already creates in the neighborhood of 7000 megawatts of energy from wind power coming from the fields and fields of windmills in the central and western portions of the state, but a massive solar array being built thirty miles west of Springfield is estimated to produce 800 more megawatts.
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