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We will not fell very "spring-like" today. We will see increasing clouds today with a high of just 40. Winds will be there but not as strong as yesterday--out of the northwest at 9 to 15 miles per hour. Then, we will see below freezing temperatures again tonight with a low of 28.
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Two accidents had traffic shut down for a time Saturday afternoon on Interstate 70 near Greenville. State police responded to a two-vehicle crash involving a truck tractor semitrailer and a Chevrolet Equinox on eastbound I-70 near exit 41 Saturday at 4:30 PM. One person was pronounced deceased at the scene. No other in...
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Vandalia Jr. High School hosted a book signing on Friday afternoon, celebrating the publishing of the book "A Siren's Destiny: Dark Tide" by VJHS student Amalia Weihrauch. During the event, books were available for purchase and for Weihrauch to sign. And, Weihrauch explains a little about the book's plot. As ...
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The Brownstown FFA has released the following information: Brownstown's Lexi Seabaugh was selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winner in Agriscience Research- Plant Systems. Lexi is a member of the Brownstown FFA Chapter of the Illinois Association FFA. Illinois FFA recognizes students in forty-eight different area...
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After Tuesday's primaries, Illinois legislators return to Springfield to continue crafting a plan to spend tens of billions of tax dollars. The total budget could be $123.2 billion with most coming from federal taxpayer funds. Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks to spend $52.7 billion of state taxpayer money for the next fiscal y...
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The exodus from Illinois continues. A new report by the Illinois Policy Institute shows Illinois suffered population loss among all eight Illinois-based metro areas and 87 of Illinois' 102 counties from July 2022 to July 2023. Bryce Hill is the director of Fiscal and Economic Research for IPI. Cook County experienced t...
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(Springfield, IL) -- Analysts say voter turnout so far for tomorrow's primary in Illinois is significantly low, especially for a general election year. Typically, voter turnout is low in a primary year but not in a year when the presidential election is held. One Northwestern University analyst -- Political Communicati...
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(Springfield, IL) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker has announced plans to rebuild two state prisons -- the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln and the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill. The Stateville prison opened almost a century ago and the Logan center opened in 1978. The plans are included in the governor's 2...
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We will see increasing clouds and mild temperatures for today. We are looking at increasing clouds for today with a high of 66. Winds out of the west will gust better than 25 miles per hour today. Tonight we'll see partly cloudy skies with a low of 36. Winds from the northwest tonight will gust better than 25 miles ...
Mar 16, 2024
We will be quite a bit cooler today and even cooler weather is on the way in just a few days. We are looking at gradually clearing skies for today with a high of 59. North winds will gust during the day today at better than 20 miles per hour. Tonight we'll see mostly clear skies with a low of 39. As for the weekend, ...
Mar 15, 2024