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Compass for Kids aims to bridge that gap by providing a free summer learning program for children of low income households.
Expect temps to climb into the 40s for Saturday and Sunday with rain likely Saturday.
Economic resilience measures have improved since Great Recession and pandemic.
Two people were found dead on S. East Street Wednesday. Police are treating the deaths as suspicious.
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of about 1,500 people released during the pandemic and pardoned 39 nonviolent offenders, including two Illinois women. This is the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
Visitors may experience longer lines at entrances during upcoming sessions
A check was presented to the SIU Simmons Cancer Institute.
The mine opened in 1982, and the CWLP was one of its largest customers.
Governor JB Pritzker has appointed Gia Biagi as the new Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, pending Senate approval. Biagi, an experienced urban planner, previously led the Chicago Department of Transportation.