Jim Meadows News Today

The number of newspapers in the U.S. has dropped drastically in the last 20 years.

Learn about Elizabeth Packard, who was wrongly placed in an Illinois asylum in the 19th century, but later advocated for those in her position and the mentally ill.

The adage, “Age is just a number,” holds true for these local seniors who are staying sharp, fit and active in their golden years.

TOLLESBORO — The Tollesboro Lions Club held its first June Meeting, Monday evening, June 12, at its clubhouse at the Tollesboro Lions Club Fairgrounds at 7 p.m.

More hospitals are turning to a drug called TNKase --- a brand name for tenecteplase --- to break up the blood clots that threaten stroke victims. It’s a less expensive and much faster acting drug than previous treatments. But patients get the benefit only  if they seek treatment quickly, within the first hours after a stroke occurs.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Today’s headlines: Pending regulatory approval, OSF Healthcare will reopen the birthing center at its Danville hospital — while its facility in Urbana will close. Advocates are urging Illinois lawmakers to expand a public health insurance program for low-income immigrants, before the spring legislative session is scheduled to end this week. The Illinois Supreme […]

Friday, May 12, 2023 Today’s headlines:  The Illinois House of Representatives passed four measures aimed at protecting and expanding access to reproductive healthcare this week. The Illinois House has passed a measure to let regular citizens bring the gun industry to court in certain instances. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation will hold […]

Thursday, May 11, 2023 Today’s headlines:  Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker isn’t pushing a laundry list of ethics reforms after last week’s convictions in the federal Commonwealth Edison bribery trial. Four teenagers are being charged with the murder of off-duty Chicago police officer Areanah Preston. A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of the leader of […]

In March, the Piatt County Board voted to reject a wind farm proposal in the northern part of the county from Virginia-based Apex Clean Energy, which has developed several wind and solar energy projects in central Illinois. Following that, voters in the central Illinois county of about 16,000 rejected wind farms in general, in an […]

As she reaches her 100th day in office, Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski has been touring her congressional district, talking about her achievements so far. The Springfield Democrat told Jim Meadows that one of her goals was to find ways to work constructively with members of the other party.