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Hillsboro electricity

Illinois

Hillsboro inks new electricity supplier deal

HILLSBORO -- The Hillsboro City Council approved an electrical aggregation agreement with Constellation NewEnergy at their meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 6. This means Constellation will be the electricity supplier for the city from October 2024 through June 2025. Residents and businesses are not required to participate in the aggregation program; however, they must opt out if they do not wish to participate. Consumers who opted out a few months ago must do so again if they still do not wish […]

todayAugust 19, 2024 123

Panhandle school bus arms

Illinois

Panhandle Schools install bus arm extensions

RAYMOND -- Panhandle School District announced it has started the new school year with bus stop arm extensions, which have been installed on its route school buses. The enhancement is part of the district’s commitment to safety within the school district. The new external warning systems will increase the visibility of buses while picking up or dropping off students within the community and across the rural landscape of the district, helping to increase safety for all road users. “Safety is […]

todayAugust 19, 2024 103 2

Nokomis Dollar General DG Market

Illinois

Nokomis Dollar General to close for remodeling

NOKOMIS -- The Dollar General store in Nokomis will be closing temporarily this fall for a remodeling project. The remodel was referenced to on Facebook by store manager Laura Cushing on Saturday, August 3. An inquiry for additional information through the Dollar General corporate public relations team was returned on Sunday, August 7 with limited details, but did confirm the remodeling plans. "Dollar General plans to remodel its current traditional DG location at 415 N. Spruce St. next month to […]

todayAugust 15, 2024 201

Nokomis Newkomis

Illinois

Joint session of Nokomis Planning Commission, Chamber Thursday

NOKOMIS -- There will be a joint session of the City of Nokomis Planning Commission and the Greater Nokomis Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, 6 p.m. inside the Nokomis City Council chambers. The following is the tentative agenda for Thursday night's meeting, as submitted to us as of earlier this week: Call to Order/Roll Call Visitors, Public Comments, and Correspondence Approval of minutes from the July 11, 2024 meeting Approval of Treasurer's report Committee reports: Fall City-Wide Rummage Sales (October […]

todayAugust 15, 2024 94

Sangamon County Campbell

Illinois

Sangamon County sheriff to retire by end of month

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A little over a month after the shooting death of Sonya Massey by a sheriff’s deputy, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell on Friday announced his retirement, effective no later than Aug. 31. His announcement comes amid intense pressure to resign, including from Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday.  The Massey shooting raised questions regarding the hiring of Deputy Sean Grayson, who worked at six departments around central Illinois in four years.  Grayson shot Massey on July […]

todayAugust 11, 2024 237

Sewing

Illinois

Sewing For Missions continues to give back

WITT — On Tuesday, July 23, six members of Sewing for Missions met at the Witt United Methodist Church to deliver a truckload of finished children’s hospital gown to the Midwest Mission Distribution (MMDC) in Chatham. Transportation was provided by Jack and Nancy DeWerff of Nokomis. The Sewing for Missions group was started in 2010 by Cheryl Randel of Witt. Randel had a vision to sew one hospital gown at a time and therefore make a difference in the lives […]

todayAugust 11, 2024 77

Gilpin LLCU

Illinois

LLCU promotes Gilpin to Springfield branch manager

DECATUR -- Land of Lincoln Credit Union (LLCU) recently announced the promotion of Laura Gilpin to Branch Manager of its Springfield location, located at 300 S. Grand Ave. Gilpin has been with LLCU for 2 1/2 years, starting as a teller at the Pana branch before recently serving in a Universal Banker role. "I'm happy to have Laura step into this position at the Springfield branch," said Tim French, LLCU assistant vice president of regional operations for the northern region. […]

todayAugust 6, 2024 115

Raymond

Illinois

2024 RAYMOND CELEBRATION: Event winners

RAYMOND -- Several events occurred over the weekend as part of the festivities of the Raymond Celebration on Friday and Saturday. The event winners were provided by the Raymond Celebration Facebook page and are as follows: Parade winners Business Division1st: West End / Home Oil2nd: First National Bank of Raymond3rd: Marten Insurance Golf Cart Division1st: Borgic Farms2nd: Tosi's Diner3rd: Poogan's Creamery Religious / Civil Division1st: Project Third Day2nd: Mt. Olive Baptist Church Out of Area Division1st: For The Flag (Veterans)2nd: […]

todayAugust 4, 2024 120

RaymondCeleb Royalty

Illinois

PHOTOS: 2024 Raymond Celebration

RAYMOND -- The weekend has ended, and the 2024 Raymond Celebration concluded with a bang on Saturday evening, August 3. The weekend would feature two parades, a watermelon eating contest, a kiddie tractor pull, a pie contest, and much more. Photos submitted by Jan Smith/Raymond News and Raymond Celebration with some photos by Jake Leonard/Heartland Newsfeed

todayAugust 4, 2024 186

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