East Peoria plans to build a new $21.5 million police station at the intersection of Clock Tower Drive and Camp Street, near the entrance to Target. Here’s what we know about the police station, why it’s needed and when it will be built: The East Peoria Police Department has outgrown its current space, says Ty […]
The College Station School Board approved a 12-month, $4.9 million deficit budget for the district’s 2024-25 fiscal year and a 2.8% tax rate increase at its regular meeting Tuesday. However, because the district pushed back the end date of its fiscal year to June 30, 2025, the district will approve a 10-month budget this summer […]
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SYCAMORE – Some residents in southeast Sycamore, near where Ideal Industries has donated land to the city for a planned new fire station, told the city this week they would prefer to see the new facility built elsewhere. Residents said the streets may be too narrow for a fire truck to navigate through residential traffic […]
The Burien City Council meeting on Monday, August 19, 2024, began with a proclamation for Suicide Prevention Month, highlighting the resources available for those in need. City Manager Adolfo Bailon provided updates on current topics such as utility assistance programs, the completion of park renovations and an upcoming arts festival. Public comment was disrupted by […]
What you need to know about early voting Election day is November 5, but some voters may cast their ballots as early as September. All New Yorkers will have the option to vote by mail instead of in person this fall after the state’s highest court rejected a Republican attempt to overturn a 2023 law […]
The future of St. Mary’s Home for Children, which was the subject of a devastating report earlier this year detailing rampant chaos, abuse and mismanagement at the North Providence mental health treatment facility, appears uncertain. Concerns among state child care agencies grew last week, even as state leaders broke ground in Exeter on a new […]
Polk County’s elected public administrator has served in the office since 2003. On Tuesday, she pleaded guilty to theft from a municipal building – one of several thefts from a Bolivar Walmart that police accused her of – and was sentenced to a year of probation. Public Administrator Barbara Davolt was originally charged with three […]
The St. Joseph County Parks Board on Tuesday approved an agreement and a 25-year lease with Harris Township that would allow the township to build a park on county-owned land at the intersection of Anderson Road and Beech Road in Granger. Their unanimous vote gives board chairman Larry Catanzarite the green light to sign the […]
(Bloomberg) — Kroger Co. is tapping the U.S. investment-grade market on Tuesday to finance its acquisition of grocer Albertsons Co. in what could be one of the biggest corporate bond deals of the year. The supermarket chain plans to sell the debt in up to seven parts, according to a person familiar with the matter. […]
Some counties in Mississippi have decided to move away from traditional voting machines and voting software from large companies and instead switched to machines maintained by a nonprofit organization whose goal is to make the voting process more transparent. VotingWorks, a nonprofit founded in 2018, initially deployed some of its voting machines in five counties […]
