Judge blocks law that would have banned newly slated candidates from ballot

June 11, 2024 / Comments Off on Judge blocks law that would have banned newly slated candidates from ballot

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A Sangamon County judge on Wednesday blocked the Illinois State Board of Elections from enforcing a new law…

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Amazing and Beautiful’: WW2 Vet’s Remains Finally Home After 80 Years

June 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Amazing and Beautiful’: WW2 Vet’s Remains Finally Home After 80 Years

By Stephanie Irvine United States Army Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Robert L. E. Porter was brought home to his eternal resting place at Abraham Lincoln…

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Stalled bills: ‘Dignity in Pay Act,’ Prisoner Review Board changes fail to move

June 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Stalled bills: ‘Dignity in Pay Act,’ Prisoner Review Board changes fail to move

By ALEX ABBEDUTO, COLE LONGCOR & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A bill eliminating the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities failed to pass…

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Another Choate Mental Health Center employee indicted for abuse of resident

June 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Another Choate Mental Health Center employee indicted for abuse of resident

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Another caregiver at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna is facing charges for abusing a patient.…

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LIDICE LIVES!

June 9, 2024 / Comments Off on LIDICE LIVES!

In June 1942, Hitler, who believed residents from Lidice, Czechoslovakia, aided in the assassination of a friend, a high-ranking officer, ordered the small town just…

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Joliet — Scott Street Patching Begins Monday, June 10

June 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Joliet — Scott Street Patching Begins Monday, June 10

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a patching and resurfacing of Scott Street (Illinois 53/U.S. 6) from south of Chicago Street to Ruby Street…

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Pedestrian Critical after Being Hit by Car on Jefferson Street

June 7, 2024 / Comments Off on Pedestrian Critical after Being Hit by Car on Jefferson Street

On June 7, 2024 at 4:50 pm, a sedan traveling west bound on the 1700 block of West Jefferson Street struck a male (22, Joliet)…

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Potawatomi hope to finalize land transfer when lawmakers return in the fall

June 7, 2024 / Comments Off on Potawatomi hope to finalize land transfer when lawmakers return in the fall

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The leader of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation says he believes Illinois lawmakers will eventually pass a bill…

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Time running out to net and protect young plants from cicada-related damage

June 7, 2024 / Comments Off on Time running out to net and protect young plants from cicada-related damage

By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] While Illinois’ dual emergence of periodical cicada broods is harmless to people and animals, young trees may sustain…

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Joliet to host first-ever Public Safety Open Forum

June 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Joliet to host first-ever Public Safety Open Forum

With the official start of summer just weeks away which tends to bring a slight uptick in crime, public safety officials in Joliet are convening…

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