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Pillsbury Project awarded $2.6M through EPA Brownfield Cleanup Grant Program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Moving Pillsbury Forward announced the Pillsbury Project has been awarded the full $2,652,300 they applied for through the EPA Brownfield Cleanup Grant Program. "With this award we now have the resources necessary to fully remediate (cleanup) the remaining environmental hazards at the former Pillsbury site. And......
Pride marches through Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – The 14th Springfield Pride Parade and Festival returned to the city this past weekend, bringing thousands. The event was peaceful and crowded, with people touring more than 100 vendors lined along Fifth and Capitol streets in downtown Springfield, just up the street from the Illinois Statehouse. There...
Illinois Cicada Emergence 2024: Do dead cicadas smell bad?
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — If you get cicadas in your yard (or home) this summer, you’ll probably know it by both their distinctive sound and the “putrid, rotting smell” they leave behind as they die. Billions of cicadas are emerging across Illinois in a rare double emergence that hasn’t happened in 221 years. Brood XIII […]
Illinois DMVs have new summer hours for teen drivers. Here's how to get an appointment
Appointments were expected to open Wednesday for families looking to secure a slot for teens to apply for driver's licenses and permits this summer, but how can you find an appointment?. The Illinois Secretary of State's office announced Tuesday that 12 driver services facilities in Illinois will offer new Saturday...
The 4th Annual Illinois Cannabis Convention features Jim Belushi
The 4th annual Illinois Cannabis Convention will feature a celebrity. Actor/comedian, cannabis farmer and former Saluki Jim Belushi will be the keynote speaker at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 31 at the Schaumburg Convention Center. Over 100 exhibitors and more than 50 speakers will cover the full spectrum of Illinois'...
NC Attorney General brings $12M suit against Illinois owner of closed Canton paper plant
Attorney General Josh Stein is suing the Illinois-based corporate owner of Canton's now shuttered paper mill, saying that by closing the century-old Haywood County operation and throwing more than 1,000 people out of work, Pactiv Evergreen violated the terms of a $12 million state economic incentives grant that it has refused to return. ...
Law enforcement reminding teens of curfew
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WMBD) — An informal survey of cities, counties and towns within central Illinois found that most have ordinances or rules that are based upon the state of Illinois statute. Under Illinois law, a youth under 17 can not be out past 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Weekends,...
Illinois bill changes references to ‘offender’ to ‘justice-impacted individual’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A measure that passed both houses of the Illinois legislature this week will change references to criminal “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals” as part of a program to find alternatives to prison time. House Bill 4409 amends language in the Illinois Crime Reduction Act to refer to people convicted of a crime […]
Memorable Memorial Day weekend
We are now into the last full weekend of May and that means it's Memorial Day weekend, commonly known as the beginning of the summer season. Time is flying by, and I guess that means we're having fun. Let's see what fun we can get into during this holiday weekend.
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