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11,113,382 vaccines have been administered in Illinois.

This is the second in a three-part series of about the impact of farm runoff and the Central Illinois agriculture sector.

CLINTON, Ill.— From cupcakes to cattle, dogs to drones, 4-H does it all. The culmination of these projects and programs are the 4-H shows. The Horse Show, Livestock Show, and General Project Show support the talents of hundreds of area youth.  

For Immediate Release - May 27, 2021 Public Health Officials Announce 891 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPR...

Springfield, IL -(Effingham Radio)- 66% of Illinois adults have received at least one vaccine dose and more th...

Sign in or Sign-up News | May 5, 2021 Enel Green Power North America Announces Construction Of 1.5 GW Of New Renewables + 319 MW Of Storage Capacity In The US Enel Green Power North America has started construction on five new renewable energy projects in the US, including three hybrid renewable + storage projects and its largest solar plant in the US The new wind, solar and hybrid projects...

Cars connect to phones all the time now and Normal City Manager Pam Reece says that has implications, having emergency vehicles talk to traffic signals, for instance. Hear how Normal plans to be a smart city. Plus Dewitt County has a new wind farm under construction. There's more about that and the wind power industry. And in past decades McLean County Board redistricting has been a quiet exercise controlled by the dominant Republican party. This year there are enough Democrats on the board...

California to Phase Out Oil and Gas Drilling By 2045, Ban Fracking in 3 Years By Syrian Missile Targets Israels Dimona Nuclear Plant California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday directed his administration to take steps to phase out oil and gas drilling in one of the nations top oil-producing states by 2045 and to ban new fracking permits within three years. Newsom has been under pressure from environmental activists and progressive politicians who say extraction of oil and gas is at odds wi...

STRONG SALES: U.S. farm equipment is in its eleventh month of increased sales. Tractor sales ride 11-month high, retailers get new leadership, scientists make pumpkin disease progress, and Farm Credit Illinois awards 29 scholarships. Apr 19, 2021 Equipment sales still growing Farm tractor sales in the U.S. have continued to grow for 11 straight months, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. March marked the eleventh month of growth for the industry. “It’s not just th...

‘Just an impossibility’ to provide date for relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, Pritzker says Gov. J.B. Pritzker still won’t provide a date for when he’ll relax his COVID-19 restrictions. On Friday, the governor said it’s “just an impossibility” to provide a date certain more than a year into his restrictions on economic activity. The governor has said the state can see all restrictions lifted when 50% of the population is vaccinated. As of Monday, state data show nearly 23% have been ...