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Capitol News Illinois

Report details community colleges’ impact on economy, earnings

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois community colleges have a multi-billion dollar impact on the state’s economy and will be “integral in making a recovery from the pandemic an equitable one,” according to a new report from the Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies. The Illinois Community Colleges’ Economic Impacts and Student Employment Outcomes report said the indirect economic output tied to community colleges in 2020 was $3.5 billion. Directly, the state’s 48 community colleges employed 32,867 individuals in […]

todaySeptember 29, 2021 38

Blackburn Greenville

Local

Tough day for Blackburn women’s soccer against Greenville

CARLINVILLE -- The Blackburn College women's soccer team suffered a tough loss Saturday against the visiting Greenville University Panthers. Greenville did not waste any time during the game, scoring their first goal 1:11 into the match. Emma Cadwell took a pass from Molly McDonnell, drilling the shot beyond the reach of Blackburn goalkeeper Morgan Zobrist. Less than five minutes later at the 4:58 mark, Greenville's Samantha De La Cruz slipped a shot past Zobrist. The score easily became 3-0 in […]

todaySeptember 26, 2021 100

Illinois Pritzker legislative maps

Capitol News Illinois

Pritzker signs revised state legislative maps

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Despite opposition from Republicans as well as reform groups, Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law the revised state legislative district maps that lawmakers passed in August, opening the door to almost certain court challenges. “These legislative maps align with the landmark Voting Rights Act and will help ensure Illinois’ diversity is reflected in the halls of government,” Pritzker said in a statement. But not everyone agrees that the maps do reflect the state’s […]

todaySeptember 24, 2021 43

Football News

RANKINGS: Top Illinois high school football teams

Class rankings across Illinois Class 8A No schools in central or southern Illinois in the rankings. Class 7A Normal Community (4-0) continues its run through the rankings as the only Central Illinois team to be in the Class 7A rankings. Their win last week increases their rank from a tie for ninth to seventh. Other regional schools in Central and Southern Illinois receiving votes include Pekin 3, Collinsville 2, Moline 2, and Geneva 2. Class 6A In similar fashion, only […]

todaySeptember 24, 2021 79

Illinois job training Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois to invest over $40 million in workforce training

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday that the state will award more than $40 million in workforce training grants, focusing on communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and youth who are particularly at risk of violence. That includes $40 million in Workforce Recovery Grants that will go out in two phases over the next year, plus another $4.4 million in career training grants that have already been awarded to 20 training programs that focus on […]

todaySeptember 23, 2021 91

Cairo Illinois

Capitol News Illinois

Southern Illinois town pins hopes on river port development

CAIRO (Capitol News Illinois) – Anyone who has driven America’s Interstate highway system is familiar with those standard blue signs near major exits indicating the services available ahead – fuel, food, and lodging. Driving south on Interstate 57 in Illinois, approaching the city of Cairo at the state’s southernmost tip, most of the images on those blue signs have been erased. Only the “lodging” sign carries the logo of a single economy-class motel chain. Get off on Exit 1, just […]

todaySeptember 22, 2021 80

Assumption

East Central Illinois Region

Female resident found deceased in Assumption fire

An Assumption woman is deceased as a result of a structure fire on the 100 block of North Locust Street. On Tuesday, September 21 at 1 p.m., Christian/Shelby 911 received a call regarding heavy smoke and flames from what was discovered to be 112 North Locust Street. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene, discovering the structure was fully engulfed. Personnel were not able to rescue the occupant due to the building's condition. Agencies responding to the scene include Assumption Fire […]

todaySeptember 22, 2021 56

East Central Illinois Region

UPDATE: Martin tied up in court in five counties

It's been roughly a year since we covered the legal proceedings of Abigail Martin. Our last report on the ongoing troubles of Martin was last October, following an arrest in Greene County. Earlier in that month, we published an expose surrounding various victims that Martin would defraud. So, where is she in her legal proceedings? Very little progress in Montgomery County Even with a change at State's Attorney, very little has changed in Martin's case as of publication. Martin faces […]

todaySeptember 19, 2021 205

Capital Area Region

Football scores from across central and southern Illinois, Missouri

Friday night's action on the gridiron has concluded. Teams from across central and southern Illinois, and parts of Missouri are now preparing for next week's competition. Here are the scores from Friday, September 17: Apollo Mattoon 20, Effingham 14 Mahomet-Seymour 53, Lincoln 22 Taylorville 55, Mount Zion 14 Big 12 Normal West 14, Bloomington 10 Champaign Central 1, Urbana 0, forfeit Peoria 1, (Peoria) Manual 0, forfeit Black Diamond Sesser-Valier/Waltonville 61, Edwards County 7 Carmi-White County 30, Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton 0 Fairfield 52, […]

todaySeptember 18, 2021 130

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