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State offices in downtown Springfield closed, citing power outage

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A power outage in sections of downtown Springfield Monday is affecting customers and has forced some facilities of the Illinois state government to be closed or partially operational, according to a state press release. City Water, Light and Power crews have been responding to these outages throughout the day. Among those impacted as of their most recent release: The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity inside the Ridgely Building, located at 500 East Monroe is closed […]

July 1, 2019 56

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. […]

June 29, 2019 110

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 […]

June 25, 2019 36

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 […]

June 25, 2019 74

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 […]

May 19, 2019 174

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 […]

May 2, 2019 62

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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 […]

May 2, 2019 75

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 […]

May 2, 2019 46

Automotive News

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series set for Saturday night event in Macon

MACON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is hitting the road again this weekend, making a return stop to Macon Speedway this Saturday night for a $12,000 top prize that the nation's top drivers, as well as local and regional standouts, to challenge to earn a podium spot. Racing on Macon Speedway's 1/5 mile bullring dirt track has been known for some of the most thrilling door-to-door racing action all season long, but even moreso when […]

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