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St. John’s Hospital honors nurses for dedicated care provided to retired UFC fighter Matt Hughes

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Many members of the medical team at HSHS St. John's Hospital gathered with former UFC fighter and Hall of Famer Matt Hughes and members of his family Tuesday as they honored two nurses with a special award during a private ceremony that took place on the hospital campus. Hughes, with his wife Audra and daughters Hanna and Katelyn and friend Tony Zucca, arrived at St. John's to honor two nurses and showed their gratitude to the […]

todayOctober 4, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

Entertainment minute: sequels and wrestling, baw gawd

RKO outta nowhere! Baw gawd, this is a slobberknocker. We could go all day going through the commentary genius that is and always will be Jim Ross, but we've got an entertainment rundown to go through today, October 3. Let's begin: LOS ANGELES (UPI/PWInsider) -- According to PWInsider, actor Bradley Cooper is being eyed to portray World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) chairman and CEO Vince McMahon in an upcoming biopic entitled Pandemonium. Cooper has yet to made a decision. The Sony […]

todayOctober 3, 2017

Decision 2018

Libertarian candidates make campaign stop at Mt. Vernon Fall Festival

Published 10/02/2017 10:15 PM Updated 10/02/2017 11:54 PM MT. VERNON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Three candidates running for the Libertarian Party of Illinois' nomination for Illinois offices in March made an appearance this past weekend at Mt. Vernon's Fall Festival. Claire Ball, a corporate accountant for U.S. Cellular from Addison, is running for state comptroller against Democrat Susana Mendoza, who will be seeking a full term in 2018. Ball was a candidate for comptroller in the 2016 special election to serve […]

todayOctober 2, 2017

Illinois

CICBC hosts community blood drives in area October 16 & 17

HILLSBORO/LITCHFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Central Illinois Community Blood Center (CICBC) in Springfield has announced in press releases today that community blood drives will be held at two area hospitals. A community blood drive sponsored by Hillsboro Area Hospital will be held Monday, October 16 in the gymnasium of Fusion Fitness & Aquatics, located on the campus of the hospital, located at 1210 E. Tremont St. in Hillsboro. The drive will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Another […]

todayOctober 2, 2017

Ballot Access News

Bill would bar Madigan from serving as legislative leader and party chair

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois Policy Institute) -- The speaker is nationally unique in his ability to control politics and policy. Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is the only legislative leader in the nation to also serve as a state party chairman, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, or ICPR. But that practice would be outlawed under a bill filed September 18 by state Rep. Margo McDermed (R-Mokena). House Bill 4097 would bar any member of the General Assembly from “concurrently […]

todayOctober 1, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

State Rep. Dan Brady opposes raising gas taxes for state infrastructure needs

BLOOMINGTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinoisans already pay a variety of high taxes, including at the pump. Illinois state Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) has made his position clear on whether the state needs higher gas taxes to fund Illinois’ infrastructure needs: He opposes a gas tax hike. “I’m not in support of raising the gas tax,” Brady said in an interview with WJBC radio. Springfield politicians from both parties are seeking a new capital bill – and tax hikes to pay […]

todaySeptember 29, 2017

Ballot Access News

Illinois Policy: Illinois lawmakers stampede for the exit

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois Policy Institute) -- The most likely driver is pretty obvious to most Illinoisans: the rage of constituents. Thirty state lawmakers in the 100th General Assembly will not be holding their seats in the 101st General Assembly. And that’s not even counting those who might be ousted at the ballot box next year. The exodus is unlike anything Springfield insiders have ever seen. National polling data has long shown Illinoisans at the bottom of the barrel when it comes […]

todaySeptember 29, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

Lockheed Martin unveils fully reusable crewed Martian lander

ADELAIDE, Australia (CNBC) -- NASA's goal to reach Mars is just over a decade away, and Lockheed Martin revealed Thursday how humans might soon walk upon the red planet's surface. Lockheed Martin gave CNBC a first look at its new spacecraft prototype, which the company will unveil Thursday at this year's International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia. "This is a single-stage, completely reusable lander which will be able to both descend and ascend," said Lockheed Martin's Robert Chambers. Chambers is […]

todaySeptember 29, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

Republican leaders voice disagreement with Rauner approval of abortion expansion bill

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Republican leaders from throughout the state have voiced their disapproval of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's signing the abortion expansion bill into law, House Bill 40. Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti expressed the following in her statement from Chicago: As a pro-life Republican, I disagree with the Governor’s decision to sign HB 40. I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for a 15-year-old refugee who chose to have me and keep me. I realize this bill is […]

todaySeptember 29, 2017

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