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(Peoria, IL) -- A bone from the body of Mary Magdalene has made a stop in Peoria. The traveling display comes from France. It is making its way through catholic churches around the United States. The traveling display is making stops in central ...
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(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois drivers are always looking for ways to find relief from rising gas prices. Gary Hudson, with the Illinois Corn Growers Association, says upping the ethanol blend in gas from ten-percent to 15-percent could be the answer...
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(Undated) -- State Representative Don Moffitt is sponsoring legislation that would allow EMT's to use their level of training in emergency situations despite the level of the ambulance certification. Moffitt says that with the new legislation, a cur...
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(Undated) -- Legislation drafted in response to the growing number of recyclable metal item thefts throughout the state, which have increased as the price of copper and other recyclable metals, has been approved in House committee. State Representat...
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(Springfield, IL) -- Two pension bills have cleared the House and are headed to the Senate. One bill would cap pension salaries at 113-thousand for workers who don't already make more than that. The other would up the retirement age on a sliding s...
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(Springfield, IL) -- The state of Illinois could battle soon with Iowa over a proposed billion-dollar fertilizer plant. Officials connected with a group calling itself Project Cronus say the factory would create two-thousand construction jobs for Il...
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(Undated) -- Illinois' largest coal plant operator will soon be a company from out-of-state. Houston, Texas-based Dynegy Incorporated will become Illinois' largest operator of coal-fired factories following its announcement it's acquiring five plant...
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(Canton, IL) -- Spoon River College Board of Trustees met last week for their regular February meeting. Trustees approved two agreements with Carl Sandburg College. The Spoon River College/Carl Sandburg College Cooperative Agreement allows student...
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(Canton, IL) -- The regular March meeting for the Fulton County Board of Health is set to take place next week. The Board of Health will take a look at Financial Reports for January and February at the meeting. They will also look at Food Ordinance ...
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(Abingdon, IL) -- The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will be having a community blood drive next week in Abingdon. Anyone wishing to donate blood must have last given blood on or before January 29th to be eligible to donate. Donors must ...
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Canton woman charged with taking thousands from Bartonville School(Peoria, IL) -- A Canton woman, who is a former bookkeeper in Bartonville, is facing charges of taking thousands of dollars from a Bartonville school. 34-year old Penny Wells has been...
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(Peoria, IL) -- A Peoria County Coroner's Jury ruled on Tuesday that the death of a Komatsu worker last August was an accident. OSHA recently cited Komatsu in connection with the death of Stanley Mursgrave, Junior of Norwood. Musgrave died two day...
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(Undated) -- State lawmakers have again been talking about banning pets from your lap while you drive. The Bill makes it a crime to drive with a dog or cat in your lap, and has been debated in the house, although not too seriously. But this propos...
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(Springfield, IL) -- Teenagers may soon have to find a new way to tone their skin before the big dance, or before they hit the road for spring break. State Senator Christine Radogno says those are the most popular times teens hit the tanning beds, b...
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(Springfield, IL) -- Tempers are flaring over several proposals that would take guns away from law abiding citizens. State reps debated an idea to ban high capacity magazines yesterday and require those who already own them to give them up. Thatâ€...
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(Springfield, IL) --  A Senate committee passed two different bills back to back last night. One was Senate Bill One, which is a two part plan that would cap pensionable salary, make changes to the COLA’s, and increase employee contributions. I...
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(Dixon, IL) -- Dixon teachers and students are back in the classrooms, just in time for ISAT testing. The teachers reached a deal with the school board early Wednesday morning, ending a nine day strike. Details of the agreement haven’t been rele...
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(Erie, PA) -- The Bucket List Bandit says he held up a bank in Bloomington last summer. Michael Brewster told a Pennsylvania judge he went on a bank-robbing spree that spread across nine states. He hit up the PNC Bank on West Market Street last Au...
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(Canton, IL) -- The Canton Union School District 66 School Board will be holding a special meeting next week. The Board will hold a Board Policy Governance Committee Meeting. Discussion will include the review and to also discuss proposed revision...
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(Lewistown, IL) -- Are you starting to think about gardening? Gardeners' BIG day is set to take place next month in Fulton County. the 2013 Gardeners' BIG Day is set for Saturday, April 6th. There will be twelve workshops that will be offered by...
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