R.F.D. News & Views
June 18, 2024After scorching parts of the West and Plains states earlier in June, a heat wave descended on central Illinois late last week and appears to be in no hurry to let go. How crops will…
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Bradley president resigns
June 12, 2024Embattled Bradley University President Stephen Standifird will resign from his position effective Saturday, June 15, after serving as the university’s shortest-tenured leader. His…
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Cicadas on your ice cream? Pizza? It doesn’t bug some
June 12, 2024URBANA, Ill. — “That’s surprisingly delicious!” This is maybe not the phrase first expected to be heard when trying a once-in-a-lifetime lunch menu of cicada pesto pizza, cicada…
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Chronicle Media picks up six first-place IPA awards
June 12, 2024Chronicle Media brought home six first-place awards from the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention, which was held Thursday, June 6 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Bloomington. …
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Peoria Diocese plans church closures, consolidations
June 5, 2024The number of ordained priests serving the 26-county Catholic Diocese of Peoria is expected to fall below 100 — down from the current 145 — within the next 10 years. To address…
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R.F.D News & Views
June 5, 2024News came down last week that China has slipped from the top destination for U.S. ag products to third as the agricultural trade deficit increased. Also in the news: A massive fire…
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‘Greatest Generation’ honored with remembrance
June 5, 2024The massive, black curtain adorning the stage of the Bertha Frank Auditorium on the campus of Morton Community High School parted to reveal 14 seated veterans of the Second World War,…
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Budget increase falls significantly short of Early Intervention advocates’ goal
June 5, 2024Fourth in a series looking at Early Intervention funding in the state In the end, numbers won out over narratives, according to Early Intervention proponents. While a $6 million…
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