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IDOT funding opportunity for new charging stations

Capital Area Region

Funding opportunity for new EV charging stations

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday the third official notice of funding opportunity through the Illinois National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, which will provide approximately $65.6 million for the construction of charging stations across the state. The latest opportunity builds on the first two rounds, which awarded funding for 62 charging stations along Illinois interstates to help meet Gov. JB Pritzker’s goal to have 1 million electric vehicles on Illinois roads by 2030. “With Gov. Pritzker leading […]

todayDecember 10, 2025 184 24 13

Lake County Highland Park shooter

Capitol News Illinois

Highland Park shooter pleads guilty

WAUKEGAN (Capitol News Illinois) — Robert Crimo III, the man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Highland Park in 2022 that left seven people dead and prompted the passage of a ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines in Illinois, pleaded guilty Monday to all charges stemming from that shooting. Crimo’s trial on 69 counts of murder and attempted murder, was set to begin Monday in a Lake County courtroom. But before the start of opening arguments in […]

todayMarch 4, 2025 147

Northern Illinois Academy

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois takes action against academy serving children with disabilities

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Officials from multiple state agencies said Friday that they are cutting ties with a residential school that serves children in state care with mental and developmental disabilities after an independent review documented reports of mistreatment of youth at the facility. Northern Illinois Academy, in Aurora, is an 87-bed private residential facility that serves children with co-occurring mental illnesses or autism, mood disorders, and developmental delays. It is owned and operated by Sequel Youth and Family Services and […]

todayMay 14, 2021 10

Business News

Pritzker issues serious threat yet to Illinois bars, restaurants that defy orders

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday even stricter rules for one region of the state and said state officials would be tracking down businesses throughout Illinois that don’t follow the added restrictions. The governor is tightening restrictions in Region 1 in northwest Illinois where the COVID-19 positivity rate stood at 11.2 percent on Thursday. Region 1, which has been under Tier 1 restrictions since Oct. 3, is the first region in the state to be moved […]

todayOctober 22, 2020 10

Illinois

Kankakee Community College provides free continuing education classes

KANKAKEE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Ten online classes will available this summer, according to an announcement by Kankakee Community College. The college's Office of Continuing Education and Career Services is providing these courses at no cost to students. As a result, they will not be for college credit. Available courses surround business management, job searching, communications, customer service, Internet marketing, personal finance, and small business marketing among others. This would be a perfect opportunity for those seeking to build a website […]

todayJune 11, 2020 49

Illinois

Restoration work on Illinois landmark completed with private donations, $350,000 from state

OREGON, Ill. (The Center Square) -- Restoration work is complete on a northern Illinois landmark. The Eternal Indian statue at Lowden State Park near Oregon has spent most of the past five years under a plastic covering to protect it from the elements. Now a project to repair damaged concrete on the 109-year-old, 50-foot-tall structure has wrapped up. “Scaffolding is coming down, the tarp is off, and you can see the statue,” said Crystal Curfman, executive director of the Illinois Conservation […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 48

Chicagoland Region

Illinois county continues to shed layers of government

WHEATON (The Center Square) -- The county that served as the test case for local government consolidation in Illinois has continued to shed layers of government to save money for taxpayers. DuPage County, located in the western Chicago suburbs, announced that it had dissolved a seventh unit of government when a judge signed an order dissolving the Highland Hills Sanitary District last month. The district served 529 properties in and near Lombard, but was facing a large tax hike to pay […]

todayAugust 7, 2019 19

Illinois food bank

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois food banks rush to distribute 315,000 gallons of milk

SPRINGFIELD/DAVENPORT, Ia. (Illinois News Network) -- There will be no shortage of milk for hungry families in Illinois – in fact, there may be too much. Food banks across Illinois are facing a unique challenge. They have just a few months to hand out over 315,000 gallons of milk. The United States Department of Agriculture is donating the milk because it wasn't sold due to the tariff tit-for-tat. Mike Miller with the River Bend Food Bank in the Quad Cities said […]

todayJanuary 8, 2019 14

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 69

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