The Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshall (OSFM) announced on Nov. 16 it will award $3.3 million in grant funding to qualifying fire department districts and nonprofit ambulance services providers for the purchase of needed equipment.
Two mayors in Illinois will not comply with newly imposed COVID-19 restrictions and shut downs of businesses, including restaurants and bars, to deal with a spike in virus cases.
State Sen. Jill Tracy and Senate Republican leader Bill Brady called on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to explain the reasons for further COVID-19 business restrictions, saying the process lacked transparency.
Illinois Sen. Jill Tracy (R-Mount Sterling) says millions of dollars is still available for small businesses to help them survive the COVID-19 pandemic, and also called for anti-corruption reform among state legislators.
The Galesburg School District 205 board has decided to stay with a plan it had previously adopted over the summer and keep the majority of its 4,261 K-12 students learning online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A $6.2 million water, sewer and wastewater treatment project appears ready to move forward with the final additions, bond funding in place and approvals gained from the Woodhull Village Board.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has given Illinois high schools overseen by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) the green light to resume sports play under IHSA's new Return to Play Guidelines.