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Illinois Grocery Initiative awards $8M to stores in food deserts
PEORIA, Ill. (WCIA) — 11 grocery stores across the state are getting grant money to help alleviate the problems in food deserts in Illinois. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the awards at a news conference in Peoria on Thursday. Four new grocery stores are getting parts of $6.9 million to support their new stores while seven […]
WCIA is looking for the most spooktacular displays in Central Illinois
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Calling all Halloween lovers! WCIA wants to see how you’re celebrating the season this year with your haunting house decorations. Send us photos of your spooktacular displays and they could just end up on Channel 3 throughout the month! Here’s how it works:
Hosptial NICU nurses care for babies in same place they were born more than two decades ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Two central Illinois nurses are caring for families in a place familiar to them. It’s the same place where the lives of twin sisters Justine and Zoey Obert began more than two decades ago. “I know how my parents felt when we were up there, so it just makes me feel […]
Unemployment claims in Illinois increased last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 7,873 in the week ending September 28, up from 7,545 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims rose to 225,000...
Warning: Popular Produce Recall Hitting Michigan
Heads up for anyone who shops at Kroger—Supreme Service Solutions LLC (also known as Supreme Produce) is helping with a recall on some cut produce items that were purchased from Weirs Farm Inc. and sold at Kroger stores. The issue?. Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can...
Pushing forward: Now that girls flag football is an IHSA sport, the work shifts to creating college programs for female athletes
The landscape of girls flag football in Illinois continues shifting as the foundation being built at the high school level now grows toward higher education. What started with 22 teams in Chicago Public Schools in 2021 spread like wildfire to become an Illinois High School Association-sanctioned sport in February. When the announcement was made, there were tears, hugs and applause for the ...
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