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East Central Illinois Region

Coalton board cleans up old business in August meeting

COALTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- While there was limited business discussed in their August 8 meeting, the Coalton Village Board did spent most of their 37-minute session touching up on previously discussed items of business. Water superintendent Tom Gonet is trying to get a hydraulic system and spreader on the new truck that was purchased with grant money with assistance from USDA Rural Development and Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation. Gonet will seek price quotes and will return to the board […]

todayAugust 20, 2018 13

Tyler Wesley Witt

East Central Illinois Region

Witt prepares for upcoming sesqicentennial celebration

WITT (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Envision Witt organization, including Witt residents and youth, have been busy in preparing for the upcoming sesquicentennial celebration taking place over Labor Day weekend as the city marks its 150th anniversary mark. Envision Witt subcommittees have organized many events in the community, including trash cleanup, painting flowerpots and the local library and making touch-and-go improvements along the main street in town. Some youth have made their contributions by painting iconic businesses and current/former Witt residents, […]

todayAugust 16, 2018 8

Business & Lifestyle

New broadcast signal for WTIM goes live

SULLIVAN (Heartland Newsfeed) -- NewsTalk WTIM went live on their new FM signal at 107.7 FM in the city of Sullivan, according to a press release made available yesterday. As previously covered, the Miller Media Group enacted plans to expand their coverage area to Moultrie County and cited a completion point during the summer following approval of a broadcast license from the Federal Communications Commission. The expansion brings the station's news, agriculture and talk programming to Moultrie County, with the […]

todayAugust 16, 2018 23

Sara Wojcicki Jimenez

Business & Lifestyle

Jimenez to join HSHS Central Illinois in September

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- An Illinois state representative will begin a new career path in marketing and communications for the largest regional hospital system in the Midwest this fall. In a July 31 press release, state Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez has accepted a position with the Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) to become the director of marketing and communications for the Central Illinois group of hospitals -- Springfield's St. John's Hospital, Decatur's St. Mary's Hospital, Litchfield's St. Francis Hospital and […]

todayAugust 4, 2018 7

Decision 2018

Democrat Stout argues with Vandalia veteran, uses gay slur

DISCLAIMER: Some of the language in this article may be crude at times, so reader discretion is advised. VANDALIA (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A Democratic Party candidate for Illinois Senate, Brian Stout, is in some hot water following the use of a gay slur on Facebook during a drawn-out argument with a Vandalia area resident. The unidentified individual who identified himself as a veteran stated that Stout, the candidate running for the open seat in District 54 due to the retirement of […]

todayJuly 28, 2018 23

East Central Illinois Region

Delinquent water bills focus of Coalton’s July board meeting

COALTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Business items were quite sparse, but the Coalton Village Board did their best to go through what business they had on the agenda during their meeting on Wednesday, July 11. In the absence of village president Rick Cearlock and village clerk Kay Cook, trustees Steve Kimbro and Steve Lee presided over the meeting as president pro tem and clerk pro tem respectively. Water superintendent Tom Gonet reported that the issues regarding water and sewer are beginning to […]

todayJuly 25, 2018 4

East Central Illinois Region

Employee handbook, water issues among business in Witt council’s June meeting

WITT (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Updates were finally made to the employee handbook among other items of business in the Witt City Council’s meeting on June 26. Changes were made to the handbook during the special meeting earlier in the month with Mayor Greta Akers noting that the proposed changes were submitted to Chris Sherer for evaluation. Items not discussed in that meeting included the retention of the clothing allowance, as well as revising the full-time eligibility for city-provided benefits to […]

todayJuly 25, 2018 7

Business & Lifestyle

Finley indicted for fraud, receives August jury trial

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A former Central Illinois village trustee and treasurer will soon appear in a Federal court jury trial following a Federal indictment for fraud. Nancy Finley, 52, of Pana, was indicted in Federal court last month on three charges of wire fraud. She is expected to appear in Springfield for an August jury trial. Finley is accused of stealing more than $150,000 in cash payments from the village on several instances. She was arrested by officers from […]

todayJuly 23, 2018 20

Chicagoland Region

Libertarian slate invited to Chicago Tribune endorsement interviews

BLOOMINGTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- For the first time ever, an entire Libertarian slate has been invited to participate in endorsement interviews with Illinois' largest newspaper. Each of the six statewide candidates were offered invitations by the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board for interviews related to their races. These interviews held the editorial board decide who to endorse in November's general election. Lex Green, 2010 gubernatorial nominee and immediate past chairman of the Libertarian Party of Illinois, participated in the interview. Comptroller […]

todayJuly 22, 2018 15

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