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Deal to keep Bushnell factory open: ‘Today ought to be a celebration’
Bushnell Mayor Robin Wilt remembers the sounds of summer nights with the windows open as she grew up in the small western Illinois community. “And you would lie there at night and hear the hammers drop all night long. It wasn’t a bothersome noise. It was a home noise. Between hammers and trains, that’s all you heard all night long,” Wilt said.
Gladstone woman convicted in crash that killed 2 construction workers on Great River Bridge sentenced
HENDERSON Co., Ill. (KWQC) - A Gladstone woman who was convicted in March of fatally striking two construction workers on the Great River Bridge in October 2022 was sentenced. The driver, Emily R. Johnson, 23, was found guilty of two counts of reckless homicide, a Class 2 felony punishable by three to seven years in prison, and two counts of aggravated use of a communication device, a Class 4 felony punishable by one to four years in prison.
Ribbon cuttings held for Escape MJ’s and Rialto Cinemas in Macomb
MACOMB, Ill. — The Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce held two ribbon cuttings on Friday, May 3. One ribbon cutting, held by the Ambassador Committee of the Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce, celebrated the grand opening of Escape MJ’s, the community’s first escape room, at 111 S. Side Square.
WIU-QC close to opening new Moline day care
More than two years after announcing its partnership with the city of Moline, Western Illinois University-Quad Cities is nearing completion of Rocky’s Play Space, a Spanish Bilingual Early Learning and Family Empowerment Lab. The plan was announced in early 2022 to establish the facility in fall 2022 at vacant...
Bushnell Couple Awarded Record $41 Million in Illinois Medical Malpractice Case Against Multiple Healthcare Providers
A staggering $41 million has landed in the lap of a former attorney and his wife following a month-long trial that culminated in a Cook County jury pointing the finger at multiple healthcare providers for a severe medical oversight. Craig Pierce, once a practicing lawyer from Bushnell, and his wife Susan, are to receive what is thought to be Illinois' largest medical malpractice payout for a plaintiff over 70, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
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