Category Archives: News

January 18, 2021 - The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Board announced the award of $40,233,959 to finance the development of new permanent supportive housing across the state. Funding i...

January 18, 2021 - With the state of Illinois launching multiple health care staffing contracts to increase hospital staffing, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is adjusting its mitigati...

January 18, 2021 - Region 6, which includes Decatur and Macon County, has moved into Tier 1 Mitigation under the Restore Illinois Plan. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is adjusting its...

January 17, 2021 - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that three regions of the state will be allowed to move out of Tier 3 mitigations in a move that will allow those regions to loosen restrictions, but th...

January 15, 2021 - Millikin University's School of Nursing has been ranked among the top nursing programs in the Great Lakes region and among the upper half of all the nursing programs in Illinois by ...

January 15, 2021 - On Sunday, January 10, 2021, members of Scouts BSA Troop 43, Cub Scouts Pack 43, and Venturing Crew 343, gathered outside their charter organization of Mt. Zion United Methodist Chu...

January 15, 2021 - Jeff Dase of DPS 61 joined Byers & Co to talk about the magnet school lottery and the timeline for the new Johns Hill school.

January 15, 2021 - The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater is hoping 2021 brings some excitement back to the venue by announcing that Kool & The Gang will be the headliner act performing on May 22nd. Tic...

January 14, 2021 - The Macon County Health Department says that all appointments are currently all taken for the Phase 1B vaccination plan as of now. The Health Department announced they would be taki...

January 14, 2021 - The U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Treasury Department will re-open the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan portal to PPP-eligible lenders with $1 billion or les...