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Springfield, IL

SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza fears proposed U.S. Postal Service service reductions could make it harder for the state to pay people and vendors. As comptroller, she is responsible for paying the state’s bills. That includes state tax refunds and child support checks. Her office estimates it...

Rep. Budzinski, Illinois Comptroller sounds alarm over proposed USPS service cuts in Springfield

Dunlap, IL

DUNLAP (25News Now) - Dunlap High School senior Kevin Yang earned a perfect score of 1600 on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). The high school’s principal Katie Cazalet said statistics show that only 0.07% of high school students across the country receive a perfect score on the SAT each year. She said Yang is the only person at the school to ace it in, at least, the last 14 years.

Dunlap High School student gets perfect SAT score

Aurora, CO

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Homeless urban campers in Aurora may soon be funneled to a special court where they would receive services instead of punishment. The Aurora City Council is considering a program known as HEART. HEART stands for housing, employment, assistance, recovery, and teamwork. The council briefly discussed the program Thursday during the Public Safety, Courts, and Civil Service Committee.

Homeless Aurora campers may be funneled to special court

Harvard, MA

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By Tilly R. Robinson and Neil H. Shah, Crimson Staff Writers. Harvard Sociology assistant professor Christina J. Cross was accused of plagiarism in an anonymous complaint to Harvard’s Office of Research Integrity, conservative activist Christopher F. Rufo reported in the City Journal — the fourth Black woman at Harvard who studies race or social justice to be accused of plagiarism.

Fourth Black Female Harvard Scholar Accused of Plagiarism Amid Assault on DEI Initiatives

Kansas City, MO

CJ Coombs

Twenty-two years ago, Robert Ray Courtney (Inmate Register #14636-045) was convicted of diluting chemotherapy drugs for more than 4,000 patients. It's been recently reported he will be released from prison this summer to a halfway house. Victims and families of victims are most likely disappointed and furious and understandably so.

The former Kansas City pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs is set to be released in June 2024

Peoria, IL

PEORIA (25News Now) - House Mike Johnson has been selected as the guest speaker of the Tazewell/Peoria Lincoln Day Dinner. The event will be Saturday, June 1 at the Four Points Sheraton. Last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green said she would call for a vote to remove Johnson sometime this...

Embattled House Speaker selected to speak at annual Lincoln Day Dinner

Denver, CO

The Denver City Council learned more Wednesday about the workforce development component of the Denver Asylum Seekers Program. The city has transitioned the way it helps migrants, closing shelters and instead placing 800 people in the asylum program. That includes people who had been staying in non-congregate hotel shelters, all but one of which have closed. New migrant arrivals will not be eligible for the six-month work program until some graduate, according to a presentation by city staff. The city intends to keep 500 people in the work program at a time, according to Tony Anderson, workforce development manager for the city.

Denver aims to place migrants in minimum $20 per hour jobs

(25News Now) - The Illinois Department of Transportation says several bridges in the area will be washed. They are listed below, in the approximate order of washing:. Henry Bridge (Illinois 18) Lacon Bridge (Illinois 17) Scott Lucas Bridge (U.S. 136/Illinois 78/97), Havana. Bob Michel Bridge (Illinois 40), Peoria. Shade-Lohmann Bridge...

IDOT announces bridge washing efforts in Heart of Illinois beginning next week

Louisiana State

Campbell, MO

When homes are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it usually means there will be an intended purpose to keep the structure alive whether it’s through historic restoration, repurposing, or general maintenance. Sometimes, too, these places get demolished.

This house in the southern tip of Missouri constructed over 160 years ago could be a book of stories

PEORIA (25News Now) - A water main break has closed a portion of Charter Oak Road in Peoria. Illinois American Water says drivers will be detoured onto War Memorial Drive between Frostwood Parkway and Orange Prairie Road. If possible, drivers should avoid the area or use caution when driving through...

Water main break closing portion of Charter Oak Rd. in Peoria

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Green River, WY

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Cody Roberts walked into the Green River Bar joking that he’d found a lost cattle dog. The woman tending bar that evening seemed to know what would happen next. “The bartender goes, ‘Cody, you better not bring in a fucking lion,’” an eyewitness recalled. “She knew he was going to bring something in that was not a dog.”

Eyewitness describes Wyoming wolf’s final hours in the Green River Bar

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IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals to stay at University of Illinois until 2029

(25News Now) - The Illinois High School Association State Boys Basketball Tournament will remain in Champaign through 2029. The five-year contract extension announcement was made Thursday...

IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals to stay at University of Illinois until 2029

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