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Iconic Shea's Gas Station on historic Route 66 gets a grand reopening
Randy Pickett of Chatham said he has always viewed himself as "a caretaker" of Shea's gas station. Pickett has owned the building, which operated as a Texaco and later a Marathon gas station from 1946 to 1982 and then was transformed into a nostalgic museum by owners William "Bill" and Helen Shea, since 2017. ...
Mail delivery changes in Springfield halted until 2025
The United States Postal Service has chosen to pause the implementation of its Delivery For America plan across the country until January first of next year, halting the change of Springfield’s Packaging and Distribution Center (PDC) into a Local Processing Center (LPC). Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in a letter...
Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker prison plan
Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, near Joliet, could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration. Top officials with the Illinois Department of Corrections testified in front of a key panel of state lawmakers earlier this month. The 12 members on the General Assembly’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability face a mid-June deadline to make a recommendation on the governor’s plan to close and rebuild a pair of prisons in central Illinois and in Chicago’s south suburbs.
Illinois Cicada Emergence 2024: Do cicadas bite or sting?
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Soon, the air will be filled with the chirping of cicadas as billions of the insects are set to emerge across Illinois as part of a rare double-emergence event that hasn’t happened in over 200 years. Brood XIII and Brood XIX are both expected to emerge at the same time, an […]
Southern Illinois communities take steps to move on from coal for jobs, growth
METROPOLIS, Ill. — With the closure of coal-powered power plants and coal mines around Illinois, many communities are wondering what their next steps are for jobs and growth. The Rural Development arm of the United States Department of Agriculture hosted a two-day workshop Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14-15, that...
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