An Electronics Recycling Collection Event will take place October 13, with online registration opening September 10 at 8 a.m. There are free YEAR-ROUND local electronic recycling options (with the exception of most TV’s) Click here for more details: Year-Round Recycling Options REGISTRATION & UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS: Once you register for the […]
Photo: Guidance counselor Terri Rein runs down a hallway during the ALICE drill on Aug. 31. Rein was making sure the classrooms in that hallway were empty. Heidi Novak hid in a first-floor bathroom with her friend Sally Manalo. Dwight Colvin was in the hallway by the main office and […]
St. Joseph-Ogden Soccer St. Joseph-Ogden ended Thursday’s match against in a 1-1 tie with Bismarck. Both teams remained scoreless throughout the first half. Drew Reifsteck from Bismarck scored off a header first, then SJO’s Kolton Batty scored off a pass from Jordan Kelly to even the score. Oakwood-Salt Fork Soccer […]
CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that the posted speed limit along Interstate 74 from west of I-57 to east of Cunningham Avenue will be reduced from 70 mph to 60 mph beginning Friday, Aug. 31. IDOT recently completed a speed study on I-74 and I-57 in the Champaign-Urbana area […]
Springfield, IL – Legislation built upon Urbana based Carle Hospital’s Healthy Beginnings program that seeks to provide workforce training and employment skills to those out of work, underemployed, or those at the lowest income levels was signed into law Aug. 10 by Gov. Bruce Rauner. Senate Bill 3232, sponsored by […]
MAHOMET —Gov. Rauner today signed legislation that requires gas storage field owners to notify local communities if natural gas leaks threaten to expose residents and businesses to contaminated water. The new law also mandates annual storage field inspections by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR). “Notifying local residents and […]
