The theme for President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration will be America United, an issue that s long been a central focus for Biden but one that s taken on added weight in the wake of the violence at the U.S. Capitol last week.
Despite promises that cannabis legalization in Illinois would fund more minority business participation and neighborhood improvements, the state has yet to spend $62 million collected for those purposes.
Part of the delay in awarding the money is due to problems with the stateâs system to award new cannabis business licenses. The other reason for the holdup, officials say, is because of an outpouring of requests for funding.
Roselle police receive $100K grant for mental health services
Posted1/14/2021 5:30 AM
The Roselle Police Department has received a $100,000 grant to provide mental health services for crime victims and department employees.
The grant from the Bloomingdale Township Mental Health Board is the third of its kind since 2019 and will help expand services to ensure a counselor is on duty seven days a week. It also allows officials to increase counselor availability from 40 hours per week to 60.
I always thought that mental health services should be part of the department, Police Chief Steve Herron said. I m happy to be the catalyst for that and I think this is a step in the right direction.
Derrick Booth
Peoria Public Schools students are set to return to in-person learning Jan. 19, and according to Peoria City/County Health Department Public Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson, District 150 is as prepared as it can be.
“When Dr. Kherat and her team approached the (Peoria) Health Department in April to talk about coming back to school this year, the planning process that started and what they had developed was, I would say, one of the strongest return-to-school plans that I had seen,” Hendrickson said.
At Monday night s Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat presented an update on the district’s return-to- school Plan, one that features widespread testing and a hybrid schedule.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently announced the appointment of Kankakee County Stateâs Attorney Jim Rowe to serve on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
The appointment is pending confirmation by the Illinois Senate.
Created in 1983, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is a state agency dedicated to improving the administration of criminal justice.
The authority brings together key leaders from the justice system and the public to identify critical issues facing the criminal justice system in Illinois, and to propose and evaluate policies, programs, and legislation that address those issues.
Rowe, a Democrat, won re-election for a second term in the November general election. He ran unopposed.
James Rowe will serve on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
Rowe serves as the State’s Attorney for the Kankakee County State’s Attorneys’ Office where he prosecutes violations of criminal statutes and represents the County in all civil matters.
Prior to this role, he was the General & Corporate Counsel for the Village of Bradley, Grant Park & Sammons Point and City of Momence, Illinois. Rowe is also an Adjunct Professor at Olivet Nazarene University, the President of the Harbor House Domestic Violence Coalition and a member of the Kiwanis Club of Kankakee County.
Rowe received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Pre-Law in addition to his Juris Doctor from DePaul University.