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Celebrating 75 Years of CCPFD: Homer Lake
By Dani Tietz Nature has a way of captivating us, providing an escape from our busy lives, and offering tranquility…
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Celebrating 75 Years of Lake of the Woods
By Dani Tietz A lot has changed since 1948. Phones weren’t available in every home. Televisions were housed in a…
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Pritzker signs anti-book ban legislation
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public…
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I-57/74 construction stage change set June 13
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the ramp from northbound Interstate 57 to westbound I-74 in Champaign will close…
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Lawmakers approve measure giving utilities control over new downstate transmission lines
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — In the final hours of their spring session last week, lawmakers…
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Pritzker touts new budget’s higher education spending
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout…
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St. Joseph-Ogden High School Honor Roll 4th Quarter 2022-23
High Honors Freshmen Ames, Trevor Barrowman, Kylie Barrowman, Lexie Beyers, Kaitlyn Bird, Emily Blackburn-Kelley, Tim Bonny, Aiden Brooks, Addison Bytnar,…
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Budget vote brings General Assembly’s 2023 spring session to a close
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the early…
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Top Democrats announce budget ‘deal,’ but details are scant as last-minute negotiations continue
By JERRY NOWICKI, HANNAH MEISEL & PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com UPDATE: The budget was filed as a 3,409-page amendment…
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Catholic churches harbored hundreds more abusers than previously disclosed
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Catholic dioceses in Illinois failed to disclose hundreds of abusive clerics…
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