Rosamond
Rosamond, IL · Municipal
Breeze-Courier
Council honors Chief Bland, moves projects forward, and questions scoring system
PANA — The Pana City Council held its regular meeting Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. Mayor Nathan Pastor called the meeting to order at 7 p.m., with all aldermen present except Alderman Tim Eddy. Before getting to topics listed on the agenda, Pastor recognized the large audience in attendance to honor Pana Fire Chief Rod Bland. Chief Bland recently received the 2026 Responder of the Year Award from the Taylorville Optimist Club, in partnership with the 1st United Methodist Church of Taylorville.
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Pana Electoral Board sustains objection to Katie McKenna’s candidacy
PANA — The City of Pana Official’s Electoral Board held a meeting on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at 4 p.m. to hear and pass upon the case of Chad Coleman v. Katie McKenna. Chad Coleman, Butch Hocq, and Katie McKenna all filed the necessary paperwork to run for Ward 1 Alderman in the upcoming spring municipal election. Chad Coleman filed an objection to Katie McKenna's nomination papers. Under 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code, the statute sets forth statutory qualifications and disqualifications for holding elected municipal office. The statute states a person cannot hold or take the oath of office if, at the time, they have been convicted of a felony.
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Can Springfield get to the end zone?
Good Tuesday morning, Illinois. The election is over. The politics, not so much. TOP TALKER BEARS BEAT : The Chicago Bears are heading back to the negotiating table in Springfield, and lawmakers say they want to get a stadium deal done before the end of the year — even as the battle to replace House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch begins to take shape. Agenda item: The Bears legislation is expected to be a major focus when lawmakers return to Springfield for veto session next week. The challenge will be finding a compromise that keeps the team in Illinois without putting taxpayers on the hook, while navigating competing interests between Chicago and the suburbs. State Sen. Bill Cunningham , the Democrat who has been central to the stadium negotiations, said discussions during the legislative break have increasingly centered on a stadium-authority model that would allow a municipality to build a privately financed, publicly owned stadium. “There seems to be a settling on this , trying to move forward with the stadium authority model,” Cunningham said during a legislative briefing with your Playbook host, and presented by Lincoln Forum and the Union League Club of Chicago State and Local Government Subcommittee. Some