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Meridian

East Central Illinois Region

Meridian teachers union puts potential strike on hold, for now

MACON -- A meeting last week between the Meridian Board of Education and its teachers' union in one Illinois town has left one group unhappy. Members have voiced their displeasure with what it views as a lack of urgency in negotiations for better pay and more support. Contracts for the Meridian Federation of Teachers in Macon expired in August. Seventy teachers who are part of the bargaining unit have met with the board only six times since June. Brian Pekovitch, […]

todayOctober 28, 2024 246

Nokomis Central Illinois holiday

Illinois

Nokomis Chamber discusses merger, upcoming events

NOKOMIS -- The Greater Nokomis Chamber of Commerce met in a joint session with the Nokomis City Planning Commission and the Downtown Nokomis Association on Thursday, August 22 in the Nokomis City Council meeting room. Before formal Chamber business began, a proposal was presented to those in attendance from all three organizations by the Planning Commission for the three organizations to merge into one entity with the same mission in mind: economic development in the community, further improvements to downtown […]

todayAugust 23, 2024 247

Jerseyville

Illinois

Jerseyville nursing facility cited for code violations

JERSEYVILLE -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) revealed its nursing home violations report for the second quarter of 2024 on Wednesday, and a Jerseyville nursing facility is among the 268 violation reports completed. Jerseyville Nursing & Rehab Center, located at 1001 S. State Street, was one of five facilities in the entire state cited with a type AA violation of the Nursing Home Care Act during this period, which is the most severe violation. A type AA violation […]

todayAugust 22, 2024 542

Union Pacific Nokomis

Illinois

Historic locomotive to make stop in Nokomis

NOKOMIS -- The Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 will be traveling through Nokomis on Tuesday, September 10, with arrival scheduled for 12:15 p.m. before departing at 12:45. The Union Pacific 4014 is a steam locomotive owned and operated by Union Pacific as part of its heritage fleet. It is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-8-8-4 big boy model built in 1941 by the American Locomotive Company at the Schenectady Locomotive Works in New York. The locomotive was retired from revenue service […]

todayAugust 19, 2024 224

Hillsboro electricity

Illinois

Hillsboro inks new electricity supplier deal

HILLSBORO -- The Hillsboro City Council approved an electrical aggregation agreement with Constellation NewEnergy at their meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 6. This means Constellation will be the electricity supplier for the city from October 2024 through June 2025. Residents and businesses are not required to participate in the aggregation program; however, they must opt out if they do not wish to participate. Consumers who opted out a few months ago must do so again if they still do not wish […]

todayAugust 19, 2024 147

Panhandle school bus arms

Illinois

Panhandle Schools install bus arm extensions

RAYMOND -- Panhandle School District announced it has started the new school year with bus stop arm extensions, which have been installed on its route school buses. The enhancement is part of the district’s commitment to safety within the school district. The new external warning systems will increase the visibility of buses while picking up or dropping off students within the community and across the rural landscape of the district, helping to increase safety for all road users. “Safety is […]

todayAugust 19, 2024 140 2

Nokomis Dollar General DG Market

Illinois

Nokomis Dollar General to close for remodeling

NOKOMIS -- The Dollar General store in Nokomis will be closing temporarily this fall for a remodeling project. The remodel was referenced to on Facebook by store manager Laura Cushing on Saturday, August 3. An inquiry for additional information through the Dollar General corporate public relations team was returned on Sunday, August 7 with limited details, but did confirm the remodeling plans. "Dollar General plans to remodel its current traditional DG location at 415 N. Spruce St. next month to […]

todayAugust 15, 2024 294

Sangamon County Campbell

Illinois

Sangamon County sheriff to retire by end of month

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A little over a month after the shooting death of Sonya Massey by a sheriff’s deputy, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell on Friday announced his retirement, effective no later than Aug. 31. His announcement comes amid intense pressure to resign, including from Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday.  The Massey shooting raised questions regarding the hiring of Deputy Sean Grayson, who worked at six departments around central Illinois in four years.  Grayson shot Massey on July […]

todayAugust 11, 2024 288

Business News

Centralia Big Lots to close

CENTRALIA -- The discount chain Big Lots is set to close nearly 300 stores nationwide, with one in Central Illinois location currently on the list. The listing for the Centralia location on the company website displayed a banner that read "Closing This Location," advertising their store closing sale. The company currently operates nearly 1,400 locations, but its store count will drop by nearly 20 percent after the closures. The store closures came after the company saw a 10 percent decrease […]

todayAugust 4, 2024 227

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