Category Archives: News
Normal Revises Library Plans
Normal Public Library officials are considering delaying a new library planned to cost more than $20 million and measure almost 100,000 square feet in favor of an expansion to the current library faci...
Feb 28, 2018
Illinois House Passes Several Gun Control Bills
State Representatives pass several gun control bills in the House on Wednesday. Some of the bills include reducing access to assault rifles, banning the sale of bump stocks, and licensing gun dealers ...
Feb 28, 2018
Walmart Raising Minimum Age to 21 for Gun Purchases
The world's largest retailer, Walmart, has announced that it will raise age restrictions for the purchase of firearms and ammo to 21 years of age starting immediately, according to a press release. Th...
Feb 28, 2018
New Illinois Gubernatorial Poll Results
Gov. Bruce Rauner and billionaire JB Pritzker appear to be headed for a head-to-head in the November elections - with Rauner trailing two of his potential Democratic challengers. A new poll from South...
Feb 28, 2018
The Latest: Illinois House OKs State Gun-Dealer Licensing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Latest on gun-restriction legislation in Springfield (all times local): 4:50 p.m. The Illinois House has approved state licensing of firearms dealers and requiring that th...
Feb 28, 2018
AP: Appears Aaron Schock Prosecution on Shaky Ground
There are indications that key portions of the corruption case against former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock may be at risk of unraveling. The Associated Press reports the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Feb 28, 2018
Bloomington Woman Rescued by Firefighters
A Bloomington woman is safe after Firefighters helped her escape an apartment fire at 1311 West Taylor Wednesday morning. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the second floor of the two-story building ...
Feb 28, 2018
Hemp Bill Gets Backing from Illinois Farm Bureau
The Illinois Farm Bureau is backing a bill in the state Senate that would let local farmers grow industrial hemp, a less-potent form of marijuana, on a regulated basis - but a similar proposal passed ...
Feb 28, 2018
Yearlong Moratorium on New Video Gambling Machines in Bloomington
The city of Bloomington is imposing a ban on video gambling machines, for now. No new video gambling terminals will be allowed in Bloomington for a year. The Pantagraph reports that uring that time, t...
Feb 28, 2018
Illinois House Poised To Act On Gun Control Plans
Illinois lawmakers are poised to take a big step toward tighter gun control laws in the state. The House is supposed to vote today on a number of plans that skated out of a statehouse panel yesterday,...
Feb 28, 2018
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