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persimmon

East Central Illinois Region

Persimmon party returns to Taylorville November 3

TAYLORVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The annual persimmon party jointly presented by the Christian County Historical Society & Museum and the Christian County Genealogical Society will return once again in less than a month. The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. with various activities taking place throughout the day. The event kicks off with the Little Miss Persimmon pageant, which will take place in front of the historic Morrison house. Kristin Hoganson, University […]

todayOctober 6, 2018 17

taylorville chillifest

Capital Area Region

Chillifest announces entertainment schedule for 2018 event

TAYLORVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Taylorville Chamber of Commerce released their entertainment schedule for this weekend's Chillifest event over the weekend. A welcoming speech from mayor Bruce Barry and the national anthem being sung by Shanda Courtway will kick off the opening ceremonies for the event. The Lil' Chilli Bean contest begins at 9 a.m. Saturday and will run until 1 p.m. Sunday, with the announcement of the winners being at 3 p.m. Entries, along with gun and prize raffle […]

todayOctober 1, 2018 11

Business & Lifestyle

Telltale Games shutters (partially), fate of several game series unknown

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Telltale Games, the studio behind several highly-acclaimed episodic adventure games under a range of popular licenses, such as The Walking Dead and Batman, has been plagued with another wave of layoffs which took place over the weekend. A report from Gamasutra reveals that Telltale laid off all but 25 employees of their 250-member staff, who will remain with the company to finish the remaining episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season. It was […]

todaySeptember 25, 2018 5

Business & Lifestyle

Comcast wins Sky auction with $40 billion bid, stock tanks early

PHILADELPHIA/LONDON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Comcast shares fell 6 percent, despite falling as low as 8 percent, Monday following the announcement that they had won the bidding war for British media giant Sky, redrawing the global media landscape. Comcast was in a bidding battle with 21st Century Fox and Disney, ending with a $40.13 billion final bid, amounting to $22.66 per share compared to the Fox/Disney bid at $20.55 per share when the three companies were inquired of their best offer […]

todaySeptember 24, 2018 5

Decision 2018

EDITORIAL: Iowa media scared of challenging the status quo in political debates

Being a third party has its own challenges. A clear example is the Libertarian and the fight for ballot access and major party status that has been going on since its inception in 1971. As a result of the 2016 presidential election, Libertarian affiliates in 42 states earned major or recognized status, as well as reduced ballot access thresholds. Iowa just happened to be one of these states, holding their first-ever Libertarian caucus earlier this year, with Jake "J.D." Porter […]

todaySeptember 23, 2018 13

IBA RA poll

Decision 2018

IBA/Research America poll shows Rauner in serious trouble

CARTERVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner may be in more trouble than he thinks in his 2018 re-election bid for governor based on a new poll. A recent poll jointly conducted by Research America and the Illinois Broadcasters Association has Rauner down nearly 17 points against Democratic opponent JB Pritzker, 44% to 27.1%. The RA/IBA poll is the sixth poll to include all ballot-qualified candidates, which include Libertarian activist Kash Jackson and state Sen. Sam McCann, who's running […]

todaySeptember 17, 2018 7

East Central Illinois Region

Witt council prompted to further action on employee handbook

For nearly two years, the Witt City Council has attempted to make crucial changes to their employee handbook and have been met with unfortunate delays due to meeting unavailability for special sessions, as well as legal and internal municipal hurdles which include resignations of elected officials. Add the resignation of city clerk Angel Lynch to the line of official resignations – which include former aldermen Jay Martin and Tim Taylor and former treasurer Rebecca Martin – as motivation for the […]

todaySeptember 16, 2018 5

Ballot Access News

Election board confirms ballot removal of seven candidates

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- As the ballots for the November 6 general election become certified, the state's election authority announced the removal of seven candidates from the ballot. Challenges were filed July 2 on independent gubernatorial candidates William "Doc" Walls (with Taxpayers United of America founder and running mate Jim Tobin) and Gregg Moore (with running mate Magistrale Morgan) as well as five General Assembly candidates -- Jay Murphy (I-51st District), Aaron Goldberg (G-64th District), John Eldon Mathey (L-70th District), […]

todaySeptember 2, 2018 5

McMillan endorsed by NFIB Illinois

Decision 2018

McMillan earns campaign endorsement from small business organization

TAYLORVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Illinois political action committee for the nation's largest small business organization has made an endorsement decision regarding the state senate race in District 48. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and their Illinois PAC endorsed Taylorville businessman and Republican candidate Seth McMillan, according to a press release from the campaign Monday. The PAC is comprised exclusively of Illinois-based NFIB members. "Our members support the candidates who support small businesses and Seth McMillan not only […]

todayAugust 28, 2018 16

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