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April 24, 2019

STATE IEMA says emergency preparedness starts at home The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) is encouraging people to stay aware of local forecasts and be prepared to act quickly…
Teacher Tuesdays partners with science and tech center
April 23, 2019

Teacher Tuesdays programming continues to work towards building on the priority of supporting science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education by improving…
Bradley students tackle diabetes, host Healthy Living Day
April 19, 2019

With Type 2 Diabetes on the rise in Peoria County, a group of students at Bradley University are planning a healthy living event open to the public as part of their senior project….
WTP Rocks mission aims at kindness and bringing smiles to people’s faces
April 17, 2019

Kindness rocks in the Tri-County area thanks to a large group of residents who have made it their mission to spread joy through one painted rock at a time. A Facebook group called WTP…

Report says Medicaid funding shortfalls causing nursing homes to close

April 24, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Since March 2014, 20 state-licensed skilled-care nursing homes have closed for financial reasons, while many of those continuing to serve the state’s neediest elderly…

Wage-theft bill sparks debate about ‘repeated’ offenders

April 23, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that punishes employers in Illinois who short their workers’ pay left Republican representatives with open-ended questions about the bill’s impact on…

Efforts to address teacher shortage hoped to bear fruit

April 22, 2019

Chuck Lane has a diversity issue in his south central Illinois school district. The superintendent of Centralia High School District 200 says just one of his 66 teachers can be classified…

Regulation of personal robots might be in Illinois’ future

April 21, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Futuristic technology could give Illinoisans their own personal robots that follow wherever they go, and carry supplies like groceries. In anticipation of a summer rollout…

Health officials seek to build vaccine stockpile to combat measles

April 20, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. is on pace to shatter the record of measles cases in any year since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. While the nation’s worst outbreak is occurring…