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Illinois representatives sound off on failure of federal farm bill

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- A new farm bill faces an uncertain future after conservative House Republicans wanting a vote on an unrelated immigration bill joined Democrats in defeating the legislation. Between Democrats opposing work requirements for food stamp recipients and conservative Republicans wanting a vote on a tougher immigration bill, they had enough votes to sink the farm bill. The 600-page legislation would renew the federal laws on farmer subsidy programs like reimbursement for crop insurance, but the biggest […]

todayMay 23, 2018

Illinois

CDC warns tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease are on the rise

WASHINGTON/SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- As warm weather returns to Illinois, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding people about the risk for tick-borne illnesses. Nationwide, the number of tick-borne disease cases doubled between 2004 and 2016, according to a new CDC report. Illinois doesn’t see as many tick-borne illness cases as states on the coasts, but the danger is still present. Illinois reported more than 3,600 tick-borne illness cases in the past dozen years. Illinois Public […]

todayMay 23, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

Christian County Sheriff issues advisory regarding IRS scams

TAYLORVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Christian County Sheriff’s Department has received several complaints from citizens reporting they have received phone calls from people claiming to be the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The caller will ask for personal information such as social security numbers or bank account numbers. The caller may also demand payment via prepaid credit cards or even iTunes cards. The callers may even disguise the phone number they are calling from to make it show up on caller […]

todayMay 22, 2018

East Central Illinois Region

Van Ostran becomes new alderman in Witt’s April 24 meeting

WITT (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The suspense surrounding who would replace Jay Martin as Ward 3 alderman came to an end during the April 24 meeting of the Witt City Council. Martin resigned during the council's monthly meeting in March, with the announcement that he was chosen by the Montgomery County Republican Party to become interim treasurer until the end of the current term following the death of Ron Jenkins. Representatives from Envision Witt awarded the April Speedboy Hometown Spirit Award […]

todayMay 21, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

FCC approves application for regional broadcaster to expand signal to Moultrie County

TAYLORVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a press release made available Tuesday, it was determined that regional broadcaster Miller Media Group, based in Taylorville that an application to expand and build a new FM signal for news/talk station WTIM was approved by the Federal Communications Commission. Company president Randal J. Miller is planning on the new signal going live this summer. The new signal at 107.7 FM in Sullivan will cover all of Moultrie County, so that listeners in that region […]

todayMay 18, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

Governor appoints school alumnus Perl to University of Illinois trustee board

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Governor Bruce Rauner announced in a press release Tuesday his pick to join the University of Illinois Board of Trustees: Sanford "Sandy" Perl, a 1987 graduate of the University of Illinois campus in Champaign-Urbana who currently resides in Glencoe and works as a partner attorney for Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago. “Sandy’s commitment to elevating the expectations of what can be accomplished at the University of Illinois makes him a forward-thinking addition to the board […]

todayMay 18, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois counties declare ‘sanctuary’ status for gun owners

SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Several rural counties in Illinois are taking a stand for gun rights by utilizing a word that conservatives associate with liberal policies as an attempt to skirt the law: sanctuary. Five counties at minimum have recently passed resolutions declaring themselves as sanctuary counties for gun owners. It is a reference to Chicago, which has become a sanctuary city that doesn't cooperate with aspects of immigration enforcement from the Federal government. These resolutions are intended to put the […]

todayMay 7, 2018

Capital Area Region

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight to take place May 15

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Land of Lincoln Honor Flight (LLHF) will be making its second journey of 2018 from the state capital to the nation's capital in ten days, according to a press release made available Saturday. 85 veterans from 57 communities, well represented between the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy branches who served in World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, as well as their guardians will depart from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport on […]

todayMay 5, 2018

East Central Illinois Region

UPDATE: No relationship between skeletal remains found and missing Macoupin County woman

LITCHFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Updates and further developments regarding the discovery of skeletal remains near Litchfield's Lake Lou Yaeger have confirmed that it is not that of Macoupin County resident Denita Hedden, who has been missing since January. "There was no apparent relationship between the disappearance of Denita Hedden and this case," according to Illinois State police spokesperson Calvin Brown, who spoke at the press conference. The remains were found late Wednesday afternoon by a utility worker who was clearing […]

todayApril 27, 2018

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