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Jane Carlson/Tri States Public RadioThe city council on Monday approved a half-percent increase to the city’s Ameren Gas/Electric Utility tax, from 1.75% to 2.25%, to raise funds to pay for a full-time administrator. That will cost the average residential customer around $2.24 a month. -
Rich Egger/TSPRA rally is scheduled for April 16 in Springfield.
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Spoon River College will hold three public forums as the board begins its search for the college’s next president. -
Here are the unofficial results from contested elections in the region. -
A retired Illinois State Police Master Sergeant from McDonough County has won the Republican primary for State Senate District 36. -
Josh Higgins, an Air Force veteran, school board member, and crop insurance salesman from Henderson County has won the Republican primary for the 94th State House District, ousting the longtime incumbent. -
Austin "AJ" Cox, an investigator with the Monmouth Police Department and a Warren County board member, beat three other candidates who ran in the Republican primary to succeed retiring Sheriff Martin Edwards. -
Joe Moon, a retired state trooper, received 2,133 votes to current Sheriff Nicholas Petitgout’s 1753, according to unofficial results. -
An engineer hired by the city found the structural concrete is starting to fail at Glenwood Pool, which also needs a new liner. -
The lawsuit, which makes civil rights and wrongful death claims, was filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. -
The game will be played on Friday, March 20 at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N. C. -
The Western Illinois University administration will borrow $2 million from the WIU Foundation on April 1.
