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Flooding flood floodwaters Pere Marquette Youth Center Grafton

Illinois

Rising flood waters forces Pere Marquette juvenile facility to transfer services

GRAFTON/SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Rising flood waters along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers in Jersey County is prompting the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) to transfer operations from the Pere Marquette Youth Center near Grafton to the Alton Mental Health Center temporarily. While there are no issues with the facility itself, road closures as a result of flooding will hinder access to the facility, according to a joint press release from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and IDJJ released […]

todayMay 2, 2019 16

Illinois industrial hemp

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois Department of Agriculture receives over 300 industrial hemp applications in two days

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois has been officially an industrial hemp state for three days and the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has no plans on stopping anytime soon in their pursuit of industrial hemp growers and processors in the Land of Lincoln. In less than two days, IDOA received 369 applications -- 295 growers and 74 processors -- which resulted in departmental staff immediately reviewing the applications, which is the first step in the approval process. Applications were opened […]

todayMay 2, 2019 11

Lucas Oil

Automotive News

Inclement weather postpones Lucas Oil LM Dirt Series weekend doubleheader, rescheduled for July

PONTOON BEACH/MACON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Inclement weather involving heavy rainfall at times contributed to this weekend's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series being postponed in the series' two stops in Illinois. Following previous coverage, Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach was the first venue to postpone the event following forecasts that predicted rainfall leading up to the event Friday night, April 26. Series officials and Track Enterprises, the managing entity of the track, have determined a July 11 reschedule for the series […]

todayApril 28, 2019 6

Lucas Oil

Automotive News

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series set for Saturday night event in Macon

MACON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is hitting the road again this weekend, making a return stop to Macon Speedway this Saturday night for a $12,000 top prize that the nation's top drivers, as well as local and regional standouts, to challenge to earn a podium spot. Racing on Macon Speedway's 1/5 mile bullring dirt track has been known for some of the most thrilling door-to-door racing action all season long, but even moreso when […]

todayApril 25, 2019 30

Illinois State Fair

Capital Area Region

Grandstand ticket sales for 166th Illinois State Fair breaking records

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In the first opening weekend of ticket sales, previous sale records were shattered for the entertainment slate on the Illinois Lottery grandstand during the 166th running of the Illinois State Fair. It was reported that $1.1 million in ticket sales were made over Easter weekend. The 28,000-plus tickets sold over the weekend surpasses a previous sales high of 17,390 and overall grandstand ticket sales of 59,023 set in 2017. “Our state fair brings people together from […]

todayApril 24, 2019 416

Dianne Pappas castration

Chicagoland Region

Democratic Rep. Dianne Pappas under fire for castration remark on abortion bill

ITASCA (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A Chicagoland area legislator is under fire following recent comments she made about abortion and the proposed House Bill 2495, penned the Reproductive Health Act. State Rep. Dianne Pappas (D-Itasca) has gone silent and has not returned repeated messages from regional outlets, including the DuPage Policy Journal, in the wake of a Wayne Township Republican trustee who revealed Pappas proposed "castration" to remedy the abortion issue as well as the bill, which could make Illinois home […]

todayApril 23, 2019 56

Illinois 157 Hamel road construction Independence Day holiday

Business & Lifestyle

IDOT: Illinois 157 to be closed at Silver Creek near Hamel

HAMEL (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a press release made available Monday, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that work will begin next week along Illinois Route 157 at Silver Creek near Hamel in IDOT's District 8. Weather permitting, work is set to begin next Wednesday, May 1, which will result in the closure of both lanes in this area, as crews work to reconstruct a box culvert. Detours will be posted. Northbound and southbound traffic which would regularly take […]

todayApril 23, 2019 21

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Governmental Watchdogs

FOIA lawsuit against Carlinville issued continuance for April 26

CARLINVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A two-year-old lawsuit issued by a governmental watchdog group against the City of Carlinville has been given a new court date following the defense counsel's lack of preparation for the suit during the March 25 hearing. The suit, filed by Edgar County Watchdogs co-founder John Kraft, stems from a 2017 incident involving the city's refusal to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) inquiry for recordings of previous city council meetings as well as nomination manuscripts […]

todayApril 9, 2019 9

Litchfield pickers market

East Central Illinois Region

Litchfield Pickers Market kicks off fifth season Sunday

LITCHFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The fifth season of the Litchfield Pickers Market is set to kick off this Sunday, Apr. 14 and the organizers -- the Litchfield Office of Tourism and Prairie Pickers -- have been making preparations to kick off the 2019 season. Per usual, the open-air market specializes in antique, collectible, vintage and refurbished items and is the largest pickers market in central Illinois, located less than three miles off of Interstate 55 in the downtown portion of […]

todayApril 9, 2019 16

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