Category Archives: News
Unemployment Rate Holds Steady as Illinois Payrolls Hit Record High in January
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in January, unchanged from December, and nonfarm payrolls increased by +24,000 jobs ove...
Mar 11, 2019
Surprised? Bloomington Crime Stats Show Record Low
It might be hard to believe but Bloomington has set a record low for the number of serious crimes reported in the city with all those homicides included. According to the city's 2018 FBI Unified Crime...
Mar 11, 2019
INN: Critics Say Pritzker's Progressive Tax Plan Relies on Faulty Math
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's estimate of how much his progressive tax proposal would put into state coffers fails to consider that some people will take steps to avoid paying more in taxes, leading to a budge...
Mar 11, 2019
No ICE Dwight Rally Tonight
No ICE Dwight is staging a protest rally ahead of tonight's village board meeting where a vote is expected to approve annexing land near I-55 and and Route 17 for the construction of a detention cente...
Mar 11, 2019
Pritzker: New Tax Plan Won't Scare Away Businesses
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says his progressive income tax will not chase businesses out of the state. The governor was in Moline on Friday to sell his idea to take more from people who make more. ...
Mar 11, 2019
Illinois Treasurer Frerichs to Return Medals to WWII Veteran’s Family
The family of a World War II veteran who died when his plane was shot down over France is to receive his lost medals. Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs' office says he will return 1st Lt Walte...
Mar 10, 2019
IHSA: North Lawndale-Farragut Game Ruled a Double-Forfeit Due to Fighting
The Class 3A boys basketball sectional championship game at North Lawndale between the host school and Farragut Friday night has been ruled a double-forfeit. The IHSA issued this statement from Execut...
Mar 09, 2019
Actor Smollett Indicted on 16 Felony Counts Following Chicago Attack Allegations
"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Friday on 16 felony counts following his Chicago attack allegations. In January, Smollett told police that he was attacked by two masked men as he was walki...
Mar 08, 2019
Accused Rockford Hotel Shooter Has Long Criminal History
The Rockford shooting suspect, 39 year-old Floyd E. Brown of Springfield, has an extensive background of criminal history in several Illinois counties. The US Marshal's Fugitive Task Force was attempt...
Mar 08, 2019
State Rep. Bennett Injured in Car Accident
Republican state Rep. Tom Bennett of Gibson City was involved in a serious car accident Thursday night in McLean County that resulted in 10 broken ribs, six in multiple places, according to a spokesma...
Mar 08, 2019
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