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Meridian High School Korey Damery

Business & Lifestyle

Meridian High to experience curriculum changes next fall

MACON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Students at Meridian High School in Macon may experience changes in the curriculum when they return to school for the 2019-20 academic year. "Every year, we are always looking to see what we can do better," said Eric Hurelbrink, principal at Meridian High School. Hurelbrink notes changes to the agricultural department, citing its offerings depend on who they hire in the new year and discover what they are best suited to teach. Among other changes is […]

todayDecember 28, 2018

Dartmouth

Business & Lifestyle

7 women sue Dartmouth, alleging sexual misconduct by professors

HANOVER, N.H. (UPI) -- Seven women filed a lawsuit against Dartmouth University accusing the New Hampshire Ivy League school of failing to act against three professors accused of sexual harassment and assault. The women, all of whom studied in the school's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, said they were "treated as sex objects" by tenured professors Todd Heatherton, William Kelley and Paul Whalen. "These professors leered at, groped, sexted, intoxicated, and even raped female students," the lawsuit, filed Wednesday […]

todayNovember 15, 2018

Prosecutor drops felony charges against teen who recorded school principal Paul Boron Leah McNally

Business & Lifestyle

Prosecutor drops felony charges against teen accused of eavesdropping

KANKAKEE (Illinois News Network) -- An Illinois teen won't face felony eavesdropping charges for recording a talk with a school principal after prosecutors decided to drop the matter Thursday after the case got national attention. Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe dismissed the charges against 14-year-old Paul Boron. When Boron was 13, he was called into Manteno Middle School Principal David Conrad’s office. Boron told Conrad that he had been recording with his phone. The principal told Boron that he was […]

todayNovember 15, 2018

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

Education

New grant program in Illinois assists students with private school tuition

The state of Illinois has initiated a program, called Invest in Kids, to help students pay for private school. The program offers state tax credits for donations that give thousands of students tuition assistance for the school year. Donors to the program receive a 75% state tax credit while the program helps a total of almost 5,600 students. Empower Illinois is one of the organizations that distributes the donations. According to their Executive Director, Anthony Holter, the students apply because their […]

todaySeptember 12, 2018

21stmoney.com

Business News

The 21st Money Newsletter

The 21st Money Newsletter Contributed by The 21st Money Team Crypto News, Analysis, Forecasts, ICOs and Events for the week ending 8/31/2018 Crypto News & Analysis PricewaterhouseCoopers has surveyed six hundred top executives from fifteen different nations. From that survey more than 80% of those polled revealed that their firms are actively engaged in blockchain solution technology. The survey also reported that collectively, many executives stated the reason for their firm's involvement was because; they didn't want their firm left […]

todaySeptember 5, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

All-female state officers elected at Illinois FFA convention

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Illinois Future Farmers of America (FFA) elected their new state officer team Thursday during the 90th annual Illinois FFA Convention at the Bank of Springfield Center, marking the first time in state FFA history that all major state officers are women. The officers were installed in the afternoon to serve in the upcoming 2018-19 term. Sophia Hortin, 18, of Fisher was elected state president, the seventh woman in the state organization's history. Hortin, a 2018 […]

todayJune 15, 2018

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todayJune 11, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

Wesley joins LLCC Foundation board

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) — The Lincoln Land Community College Foundation (LLCC Foundation) Board of Directors welcomed Witt resident Jerry Wesley as a new member at a recent meeting. Wesley was an elected member of the LLCC Board of Trustees for eight years from 2009 until 2017, serving as board secretary from 2012 to 2015 and as vice chairman from 2015 to 2017. He has been involved in public education all his life. Wesley worked as a high school social studies teacher, […]

todayMay 29, 2018

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