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Nokomis citywide rummage sales Chamber

East Central Illinois Region

Nokomis Homecoming is quickly approaching July 12-14

NOKOMIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The 2019 Nokomis Homecoming is quickly coming upon us with not much time left to purchase advance tickets for the carnival during the event Friday through Sunday, July 12-14. Advance tickets will be available at Kroger, First National Bank of Nokomis and Nokomis Savings Bank beginning Monday, July 1 with a very limited sales window, as advance sales will close at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, July 12. Tickets come in a bundle of 24 for $20. […]

todayJune 29, 2019 56

East Central Illinois Region

Raymond board approves gaming machines for Shoal Creek Golf Course

RAYMOND (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Following previous discussion at their prior meeting, the Raymond Village Board voted to approve the placement of three video gaming machines at Shoal Creek Golf Course during their June 17 meeting. Representatives from J&J Ventures viewed the golf course's pro shop and brought forth a proposal for three machines under a three-year contract for no additional costs to the village. Some miscellaneous paperwork would need completion, but the formalities are pretty much in place. The conditions […]

todayJune 27, 2019 6

Illinois marijuana laws

Capital Area Region

Illinois becomes eleventh state to legalize marijuana

SPRINGFIELD (UPI) -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday morning legalizing recreational marijuana use, making the state the eleventh to decriminalize the drug. Starting Jan. 1, adults 21 and over may obtain licenses to grow, sell, possess and consume marijuana. The bill also provides avenues for people with previous marijuana convictions to have their records expunged. "With this legislation, our state once again is a leader, putting forward the most equity-centric cannabis legislation in the nation" Pritzker, a […]

todayJune 25, 2019 7

Illinois

Illinois

Man found guilty of 2017 killing of Chinese student at University of Illinois

PEORIA (UPI) -- A Federal jury found Brendt Christensen guilty of kidnapping and killing University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang in 2017. Jurors required less than 90 minutes Monday to find the former teaching assistant guilty of kidnapping resulting in a death and two counts of lying to investigators. The same jury will decide July 8 if he should receive the death penalty. During a news conference following the verdict, Zhang's mother broke down in tears. "We have missed Yingying […]

todayJune 25, 2019 29

municipal fiscally irresponsible Illinois

Columnists

COMMENTARY: Municipal governments have become equally fiscally irresponsible as the state of Illinois

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- It is no secret that Chicago has a century-long track record of fiscal irresponsibility. That ultimately trickled down to Chicago Public Schools, which has shown a four-decade track record of reckless spending with no reforms being taken. Our state government in Springfield is a contributing factor to municipal governments overspending or imposing fiscally irresponsible decisions, something that has occurred for over four decades. With a fiscally irresponsible billionaire socialist in the Governor's Mansion and an equally irresponsible […]

todayJune 24, 2019 5

Walmart Pana

Business & Lifestyle

Former Walmart property in Pana put on real estate market

PANA (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Since the legacy Walmart store closed down for good on October 12, there has been much speculation on what was going to happen to the former property at 10 West Second Street. In the past week, it appears that an answer has been given, as the Bentonville, Ark. corporation will be putting the building and adjacent tracts of land up for sale. The property was listed with O'Fallon-based Kunkel Commercial Group on May 7, according to […]

todayMay 19, 2019 96

Dianne Pappas castration

Capital Area Region

Most House Democrats are relatively silent regarding Pappas castration remarks

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Democrats in the Illinois House have been relatively silent following recent remarks made towards constituents by a freshman colleague. The remarks, allegedly made by District 45 Rep. Diane Pappas (D-Itasca), have been mostly met with silence from her colleagues -- remarks to a pro-life group of concerned citizens that stated that castration of men could be a solution to abortion in response to concerns about House Bill 2495, otherwise known as the Reproductive Health Act. Critics […]

todayMay 2, 2019 24

Flooding flood floodwaters Pere Marquette Youth Center Grafton

Illinois

Rising flood waters forces Pere Marquette juvenile facility to transfer services

GRAFTON/SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Rising flood waters along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers in Jersey County is prompting the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) to transfer operations from the Pere Marquette Youth Center near Grafton to the Alton Mental Health Center temporarily. While there are no issues with the facility itself, road closures as a result of flooding will hinder access to the facility, according to a joint press release from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and IDJJ released […]

todayMay 2, 2019 16

Illinois industrial hemp

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois Department of Agriculture receives over 300 industrial hemp applications in two days

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois has been officially an industrial hemp state for three days and the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has no plans on stopping anytime soon in their pursuit of industrial hemp growers and processors in the Land of Lincoln. In less than two days, IDOA received 369 applications -- 295 growers and 74 processors -- which resulted in departmental staff immediately reviewing the applications, which is the first step in the approval process. Applications were opened […]

todayMay 2, 2019 11

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