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USDA Rural Development grant awarded to Village of Coalton

COALTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The village of Coalton has been awarded a grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development Community & Facility Grant program to purchase a new dump truck, according to a press release made available Wednesday by the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC). The new truck purchased with the grant replaces a very old and worn out truck that the village has used for years and will allow the village to continue daily operations […]

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Lincoln Land EREC to hold College Now informational meeting

TAYLORVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Lincoln Land Community College's Eastern Region Educational Center (EREC) in Taylorville will host an information meeting Monday evening, Jan. 8, about the LLCC College Now program for area high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors as well as their parents or guardians. The meeting will take place from 6-7 p.m. in the south building of the EREC, located at 800 S. Spresser, in Room 1126. No registration is necessary. College Now enables students to earn both high […]

todayJanuary 3, 2018 48

Columnists

The Healthy Geezer: Baby-sitting grandparent seems to get more colds

Since I started being a baby-sitting grandparent, I seem to be getting more colds. I must be catching germs from the kids, right? The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reports that schoolchildren get as many as 12 colds a year. Put those kids near their grandparents and it doesn’t take a scientist to know that those colds are going to spread. My personal physician--also a grandfather--says that one of the problems is that these walking petri dishes come […]

todayJanuary 3, 2018 86

Decision 2017

Youngest elected official, former pro wrestler turned gubernatorial candidate among top 17 Illinoisans to remember in 2017

CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- An 18-year-old high school senior who became the youngest elected official for a local office and a former professional wrestler turned Libertarian gubernatorial candidate have earned a spot on the top 17 Illinoisans to remember from the year 2017. The compiled list by Patch Illinois editor Tim Moran highlights 17 key Illinoisans who made the news cycles this year. One of the selections, Jake Leahy, made the news in April becoming the youngest elected official in the […]

todayDecember 30, 2017 187

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Second Dave Chappelle standup special slated for NYE premiere on Netflix

LOS GATOS, Calif. (UPI) -- Not one, but two Dave Chappelle stand-up comedy specials are now slated to debut on Netflix New Year's Eve. The streaming giant dropped a brief promo for the shows -- Equanimity and The Bird Revelation -- on social media Friday as it announced it was adding a second special after previously announcing one would premiere Dec. 31. Comedy Central also said it will air a marathon of episodes of Chappelle's eponymous, sketch-comedy show "chronologically, start to finish," on New Year's Day, beginning at 9 […]

todayDecember 28, 2017 39

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Walmart drops in-house punishment for shoplifters

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (UPI) -- Retailer Walmart is ending an alternative to prosecution for shoplifting, the company said, that could put a larger burden on local police forces. The company is suspending its relationship with two companies offering anti-shoplifting educational programs. The programs, provided by Utah-based Corrective Education Co. and Turning Point Justice, have been part of an in-house punishment in which a first-time Walmart shoplifter could avoid criminal prosecution. The suspect could pay a fee of $400 or $500, and take an online […]

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Proof standardized testing doesn’t work? 64% of students in Pleasant Plains fail annual tests, 59% fail English

PLEASANT PLAINS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Academic results data released recently reveals 36 percent of Pleasant Plains Middle School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Heartland Newsfeed analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card. The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score […]

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Store closures rocked retail in 2017, with 2018 bound to be no different

NEW YORK (Heartland Newsfeed/CNBC) -- A larger-than-average slew of retail bankruptcies and stores being shuttered rocked the industry this year, making headlines and dragging even some of the better-performing companies such as Home Depot, TJ Maxx and Costco down with the dismal news. So far in 2017, 6,985 store closure announcements have been made, according to a tracker from FGRT (formerly Fung Global Retail & Technology). That's up more than 200 percent from a year ago, based on the firm's […]

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North Korea’s only 3G network provider withdraws services

SEOUL, South Korea (UPI) -- North Korea's only 3G network provider will pull out of the hermit kingdom, cutting off some 3.5 million citizens subscribed to its local Koryolink services. Egypt's telecom giant Orascom froze operations in the North early last month, due to regime's continuous nuclear and missile provocations, Newsis reported, citing Japanese intelligence sources. Koryolink is one of the largest mobile operators in the North, established in 2008 as a joint venture between Orascom and the North's telecommunications ministry. […]

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