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  • Avon teens injured in single vehicle accident

    (Warren County, IL)  --  Two Avon teens were injured after a single vehicle accident that occurred over the weekend in Warren County.  Troopers from the Illinois State Police District 14 Post in Macomb are investigating the accident that took place on ...
  • District 66 Board Meeting tonight

    (Canton, IL)  --  The Canton-Union School District 66 Board of Education will meet for their regular March meeting tonight.  Among the items on the agenda, recognition of the District 66 Gold Team for participating in the Special Olympics State Basketb...
  • District 3 March Board Meeting set for tonight

    (Cuba, IL)  --  The Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 of Cuba's school board meeting for March is set to take place tonight.  Among the items on the agenda is the Superintendent's report in regard to the library grant received by the schoo...
  • New Consumption Rules for fish pulled from Illinois River or Lake

    (Undated)  --  New consumption rules are in place for people who plan to eat any fish pulled from an Illinois lake or river.  State public health officials have issued new advisories for fish caught in Jackson and Cook counties.  Officials test about ...
  • Fulton County 4-H Federation Meeting held in Lewistown

    (Lewistown, IL)  --  The Fulton County 4-H Federation met last month at the Extension Office in Lewistown.  Twenty-two members and a few guests were in attendance at the meeting that took place on February 25th.  4-H Federation is a group of teen and ...
  • Police Blotter 03-18-13

    Teen arrested after threatening 12-year old with a knife(Galesburg, IL)  --  A 14-year old student at Churchill Junior High School in Galesburg is facing charges of aggravated assault and unlawful use of a weapon after he allegedly threatened another st...
  • Knox faculty and students give presentation at Computer Science Conference

    (Galesburg, IL)  --  Students and faculty from Knox College Department of Computer Science Department recently spoke and presented research at a national conference on computer science in education.  Presentations were given by Knox professors David Bu...
  • More foreign prisoners are heading to the Mercer County Jail

    (Aledo, IL)  --  Sheriff Tom Thomspon says Cook County has okayed an agreement to house foreign inmates at the jail in Aledo.  Mercer County has had a long relationship with the U.S. Marshals Service to house federal inmates. Just like with the federal...
  • College choir bus crashes in Rantoul

    (Rantoul, IL)  --  Members of an Arkansas college choir are recovering from a weekend bus crash in Rantoul, Illinois.  Three students and the choir director from the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff were among the passengers who needed hospitalization...
  • Census numbers show Illinois exports are failing

    (Undated)  --  The latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Illinois exports are falling, and the culprit seem to be last year's drought and its associated effects.  Monthly export numbers from July of last year to January of this year show tha...
  • Illinois Senator proposes “puppy lemon law”

    (Springfield, IL)  --  Illinois officials are considering a new law covering people who buy a dog or cat that turns out to be seriously ill at purchase time.  An Illinois senator is proposing something called a "puppy lemon law" similar to laws already...
  • Senate committee shoots down LINK card photo proposal

    (Springfield, IL)  --  People on welfare won't have to put their pictures on their LINK cards anytime soon.  A Senate committee shot the idea down last week.  Senator Chapin Rose introduced the proposal, hoping to cut down on fraud.  He says people a...
  • Bustos Introduces Water Infrastructure Legislation

    (Washington, DC)  --  Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos wants to improve the aging locks and dams on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.  She introduced her first piece of legislation called the Water Infrastructure Now Public-Private Partne...
  • Positions heard for North Canton Mine

    (Canton, IL)  --  Those for and against the North Canton Mine went before the Canton City Council on Tuesday night.  Among those speaking Tuesday night included Brenda Dilts, from the Canton Area citizens for Environmental Issues and Joyce Blumenshine,...
  • April is Community College Awareness Month

    (Canton, IL)  --  April is annually recognized as Community College Awareness month, and Spoon River College will be celebrating it with a variety of activities for students and community members.  Among the events taking place will be the annual Stude...
  • Farmer’s Share Breakfast set for Saturday

    (Lewistown, IL)  --  The Farmer's Share Breakfast that is hosted each year by the Fulton County Farm Bureau is set to take place on Saturday.  This year the breakfast will cost 63-cents with the menu to include bacon, toast, pancakes, biscuits and grav...
  • Dickson Mounds hosting CD release party

    (Lewistown, IL)  --  Illinois singer-songwriter Chris Vallillo will celebrate the release of his 7th recording The Last Day of Winter with a special CD release this weekend during the Hickory Ridge Concert Series at the Dickson Mounds Museum in Lewistow...
  • Police Blotter 03-15-13

    Canton man facing domestic battery charges(Canton, IL)  --  A Canton man is facing domestic battery charges after police responded to a domestic situation in the 100 block of East Elm Street earlier this week.  Police say they received the complaint ea...
  • Caterpillar rolling layoffs to continue through May

    (Peoria, IL)  --  Rolling layoffs at production plants for Caterpillar Incorporated have started.  Union officials say that the rolling layoffs will continue through May.  Caterpillar had announced that the company expected that there would be product...
  • Winning lotto ticket sold in Dunlap

    (Dunlap, IL)  --  Lottery officials say that a winning lottery ticket for $175,000 was sold in Dunlap.  The ticket was for the Lucky Day Lotto and was for Tuesday night's drawing.  The ticket was a quick pick that was sold at the USCO Gas station loca...

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