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A Roanoke family recipe finds new home
November 15, 2023

The taste of the Italian tomato pasta sauce may be the same, but the location in Roanoke is different! Seventy-three years after her grandfather and grandmother Monge, opened The Club…
SIU Medicine webinar aims to help farmers cope with stress
October 28, 2023

As part of an ongoing effort to address mental health concerns in the area’s farming community, Southern Illinois University’s Center for Rural Health and Social Service Department…
Minonk Chocolate Company carries on more than 100-year tradition
October 10, 2023

Though the name of the business has changed over the years; the products are still the same. Entrepreneur Zack Meyer is carrying on a more than 100-year tradition with his business…
Family’s orchard has been a place to go for apple picking for 44 years
September 26, 2023

If you’re looking for a family activity on a crisp late summer or early fall day, try picking apples at an orchard. Partridge Point Orchard, 807 Partridge Point Road near Metamora,…
Tazewell, Woodford may combine Animal Control operations
September 20, 2023

Tazewell and Woodford counties could combine Animal Control operations by later this year. “In the end, both Woodford and Tazewell will save money and we will have a much more efficient…
Talk to focus on Archbishop Fulton Sheen
September 11, 2023

Monsignor Jason Gray, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation, will present a talk at St. Mary’s Parish Hall on Sept. 14 at the meeting of the Woodford County…

State school board weighs increased funding requests ahead of budget season

November 28, 2023

SPRINGFIELD — Officials at the Illinois State Board of Education say they’re receiving more requests for increased funding for next year than the state could possibly afford, and…

State high court hears case against staffing agencies accused of suppressing wages

November 21, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments from three staffing agencies that say their industry is exempt from state antitrust laws in a case claiming the firms conspired…

Lawmakers pass bill aimed at modernizing professional licensing in Illinois

November 21, 2023

As Illinois faces shortages of health care practitioners and mental health professionals, the state agency in charge of licensing for those and more than 100 other industries has struggled…

Lawmakers decline to extend private school scholarship tax credit program

November 21, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers adjourned their fall veto session Thursday afternoon, Nov. 9, without renewing a controversial program that provided indirect state support for students…

Illinois lawmakers approve plan to allow small-scale nuclear development

November 21, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers on Thursday approved a proposal that would allow companies to develop new nuclear power generation in Illinois for the first time since 1987. House Bill 2473…

State Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of lifetime restrictions on child sex offenders

November 21, 2023

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court is weighing whether it is constitutional to impose lifetime restrictions on where a person can live after they’ve been convicted of a sex…

Unity, service at heart of Peoria Area Community Festival of Nativities

A Roanoke family recipe finds new home

SIU Medicine webinar aims to help farmers cope with stress

Minonk Chocolate Company carries on more than 100-year tradition

Family’s orchard has been a place to go for apple picking for 44 years

Tazewell, Woodford may combine Animal Control operations

Talk to focus on Archbishop Fulton Sheen

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State school board weighs increased funding requests ahead of budget season

State high court hears case against staffing agencies accused of suppressing wages

Lawmakers pass bill aimed at modernizing professional licensing in Illinois

Lawmakers decline to extend private school scholarship tax credit program

Illinois lawmakers approve plan to allow small-scale nuclear development

State Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of lifetime restrictions on child sex offenders

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