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Nokomis Lions Club

East Central Illinois Region

Nokomis Lions Club celebrates Candy Day

NOKOMIS -- The Nokomis Lions Club and volunteers were visible at the four-way stop in downtown Nokomis this past weekend, October 8-9, giving away rolls of candy and accepting monetary contributions to be used for helping the visually and hearing-impaired. It is almost impossible for those who can see and hear normally to fully understand what it is like to be visually or hearing-impaired. Along with helping the Lions Foundation, funds collected will go toward local projects funded by the […]

todayOctober 12, 2021 38

Illinois redistricting

Capitol News Illinois

Only one testifies at first Congressional redistricting hearing

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The process of redrawing Congressional district maps in Illinois got off to a slow start Thursday when only one person showed up to testify at the first legislative public hearing, which was held in Chicago. Ryan Tolley, policy director for the advocacy group CHANGE Illinois, urged the House Redistricting Committee to listen to community groups and afford them more opportunity than they had during the legislative redistricting process to review any proposed new maps before […]

todayOctober 8, 2021 55

Illinois Nokomis Edwards County football gridiron

Football News

RANKINGS: Top Illinois high school football teams

Week 6 is over as high school football in Illinois is three weeks out from the playoffs. Here are the latest Illinois High School Association rankings (via the Associated Press) following the conclusion of Week 6: Class rankings across Illinois Class 8A No schools in central or southern Illinois in the rankings. 1. (Wilmette) Loyola (11) (6-0) 110 1 2. Naperville Neuqua Valley (6-0) 97 2 3. Gurnee Warren (5-1) 79 5 4. Maine South (5-1) 71 8 5. Lockport (6-0) […]

todayOctober 6, 2021 103

Illinois Nokomis Edwards County football gridiron

Football News

RANKINGS: Top Illinois high school football teams

We are past the midseason mark as high school football in Illinois is four weeks out from the playoffs. Here are the latest Illinois High School Association rankings (via the Associated Press) following the conclusion of Week 5: Class rankings across Illinois Class 8A No schools in central or southern Illinois in the rankings. 1. Loyola (11) (5-0) 110 1 2. Naperville Neuqua Valley (5-0) 97 3 3. Glenbard West (5-0) 71 5 4. Chicago (Marist) (5-1) 68 4 5. Gurnee […]

todayOctober 1, 2021 124

Bible Lutheran pastor

Illinois

Godfrey pastor sentenced in child pornography case

GODFREY – A former Lutheran pastor at a Godfrey church will spend more than seven years in federal prison following a conviction on child pornography charges. Federal investigators said Steven Tibbetts admitted to collecting illicit images and videos of children over a three-decade period. Tibbetts was once the head of the Resurrection Lutheran Church. He would later face charges, following a June 2020 arrest, of knowingly distributing child pornography. The charge is in relation to a December 2019 incident. Court […]

todaySeptember 30, 2021 90

economy economic Illinois

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

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 42

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 88

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