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A Central Illinois school district will be closed for two days next week for the funeral services of two high school students killed in a sledding accident. Dylan Bazzell, 18, and Drew Fehr, 17, of Fairbury both passed away last week in Colorado. The Prairie Central School District sent a letter to all families announcing classes will not be held at any school in the district on Monday, March 27, or Wednesday, March 29, due to the large number of staff members attending the funeral services.

Illinois quick hits: Student athletes to be laid to rest; prison guards attacked

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Motor vehicle theft is a growing problem in the United States. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, or NICB, an anti-crime and insurance fraud nonprofit organization, 932,329 vehicles were reported stolen to law enforcement in 2021 – up 6% from the previous year and up 17% from 2019.

This Is the City With the Most Car Theft in Illinois

Springfield is once again partnering with the Illinois EPA for a household hazardous waste disposal event later this spring. IEPA had to suspend those events last year because the Ohio firm that disposed of the collected wastes was temporarily shut down after a fire. Springfield staged its own event last year, but will now resume its partnership with IEPA for the May 6 event at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

Springfield partners with Illinois EPA once again to ensure proper household hazardous waste disposal this spring

Interested in seeing Springfield and the metropolitan area prosper across the future? Care about the public, civic, social and communal obligations that those living in a community bear with each other? Then the next Citizens Club Policy Breakfast at the Hoogland Center for the Arts Club Room – on the third floor – is an absolute must for you and even your business or associated organization this Friday morning!

Citizens Club of Springfield’s next Policy Breakfast is March 24

Springfield police are investigating a reported home invasion that left one man dead. A call to 911 sent police to a home in the 11-hundred block of South 19th Street Friday afternoon. The caller told police he had confronted someone inside the residence. Police found a 33-year-old man inside the home with a stab wound. He was taken to HSHS St. John’s Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

SPD are investigating home invasion that left one dead

A third Illinois prison guard has now been sentenced for his role in a violent assault that left an inmate dead. Willie Hedden was sentenced in federal court in Springfield to six years behind bars on charges of civil rights deprivation and obstruction of justice. Hedden and two other guards...

Third prison corrections officer sentenced for charges related to death of Larry Earvin

Two people have been charged in connection with a shooting in Springfield that left one man injured. The victim was shot twice in that early morning incident on March 15 in the 11-hundred block of Fayette Avenue. His injuries were not life-threatening. After investigation, police have arrested 31-year-old Jared Staake...

Two arrested in connection with Springfield shooting that left one injured

Springfield is on its way to building three new firehouses. Aldermen on Tuesday approved an ordinance to spend more than $20 million on the three new stations – at 11th and Ash, Lawrence Avenue and Rickard Road, and on Spaulding Orchard Road. At Tuesday’s meeting, aldermen also approved a...

Springfield City Council approves spending measures for new fire stations and downtown trash and recycling receptacles

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Illinois quick hits: Bill requires armed guards at Chicago retailers; Naperville is safest city

Bill would require armed guards at Chicago retailers. A bill has been introduced in Springfield that would require some grocers and gas stations to hire armed...

Illinois quick hits: Bill requires armed guards at Chicago retailers; Naperville is safest city

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