Category Archives: News
LaHood, Davis Announce $931,939 CARES Act Grant Award for Connect Transit
Congressmen Darin LaHood (IL-18) and Rodney Davis (IL-13) announced today that Connect Transit was awarded a $931,939 CARES Act grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and U.S. Department ...
Jul 11, 2020
Two Weeks In, Illinois Businesses Still Struggling with Phase 4 Restrictions
(The Center Square) - A state retailers' association said while the state gears up to dole out federal aid to local businesses, it's not listening to things Illinois' business owners want to be done t...
Jul 11, 2020
Deadline approaches for coronavirus relief fund assistance for local governments
(The Center Square) - Illinois received nearly $5 billion in coronavirus relief fund aid from the federal government. Part of that, $250 million, is meant for CURE, or Coronavirus Relief Fund Assistan...
Jul 10, 2020
Illinois Hiring Contact Tracers to Track People Exposed, Infected with COVID-19
With more than a million people unemployed in Illinois, here's a job you can do and you don't need any prior experience. It's COVID-19 contact tracing, and by making a few calls, you could save lives ...
Jul 10, 2020
Judges Rules Goodfield Boy Unfit for Arson/Murder Trial
A Woodford County judge says a nine-year-old Goodfield boy accused of murder is not fit for trial. The judge determined at a hearing yesterday that Kyle Alwood is not likely to be fit to stand trial w...
Jul 10, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Nursing home association cautions against complacency during pandemic
(The Center Square) - The president of LeadingAge Illinois, the second-largest nursing home association in the country, is warning of complacency during the coronavirus pandemic. LeadingAge Illinois P...
Jul 10, 2020
McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 7-10-20: Ten New Cases, 2% Positivity Rate
McLean County Health Department is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 309 cases. At this time 38 individuals are isolating at home and 1 is hospitalized. There are 255 individua...
Jul 10, 2020
Illinois roadside mowing picks back up with monarch butterflies in mind
(The Center Square) - The Illinois Department of Transportation and local governments are back in their road ditches for the summer, mowing down grass, but still keeping some ditches hospitable to the...
Jul 10, 2020
Quick hits: Illinois news in brief for Friday, July 10, 2020
Trump pressures Chicago leaders to address city violence President Donald Trump continues to put the pressure on Chicago leaders to do something about the violence there. Trump told Fox News Thursday ...
Jul 10, 2020
Madigan calls for removal of portrait, statues of slave owners
(The Center Square) - House Speaker Michael Madigan wants to remove a portrait and statue of a 19th century Illinois statesman and slaveowner along with the statue of another slave owner from the stat...
Jul 10, 2020
