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2 QC area schools receive funding to buy clean running buses
School districts across Illinois, and two in the Quad Cities area, are receiving rebates to buy cleaner running buses. Twenty-eight Illinois school districts are receiving rebates worth a combined total of over $48 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program (CSBP) rebate competition. The program is a $5 billion […]
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WCIA — Highlights and scores from high school playoff sports on Thursday including Williamsville soccer’s state semifinal win, punching their ticket to the Class 1A state title game on Saturday. GIRLS SOCCER Class 1A State Semifinals Williamsville 1, Chicago University 0 For full highlights, visit: https://www.channel1450.com/
Safe Routes to School Grants coming to central Illinois
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — The Illinois Department of Transportation joined Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday to announce more funding to make it safer for kids to walk or bike to school. According to an IDOT news release, $9.8 million in grants will be going to 47 projects as part...
TRIO Destination College Students Recognized At Lake Land Banquet
Several TRIO Destination College students were recently recognized at an annual banquet. Lake Land’s TRIO Destination College programs provide high school and junior high students with college-ready assistance, including tutoring services, career exploration, funding assistance and more. During the event, several students received awards. Awards for academic excellence were...
QCA cities get funding for safe school routes
Some cities in the QCA will get money to protect kids on their way to learn through the Illinois Safe Routes to School Program. Illinois Secretary of Transportation Omer Osman announced the schools that will be getting grant money. The program is providing $9.8 million across the state. Moline will get $250,000 to build traffic lights at its seven schools, Aledo got $250,000 for a new sidewalk to complete a route across the city and Galesburg will get just under $250,000 to install new sidewalks on Fifer St. where there aren’t any.
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