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Springfield’s hotel occupancy rate in January was 27.2%, the lowest monthly rate ever recorded since statistics began being kept almost three decades ago, and the rate was 16 percentage points lower than the same month in 2020.
The statistics were emblematic of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Springfield as a travel and tourism destination.
“It’s been devastating over the past year,” said Scott Dahl, director of the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The next superintendent for Springfield Public Schools is in charge, on an interim basis, of the nation s seventh-largest district.
Grenita Lathan is interim superintendent of Houston Independent School District, which has 276 schools, 27,000 employees and 196,000 students.
Lathan was the Springfield school board s unanimous choice to replace the retiring John Jungmann. Her first day will be July 1. I model my expectations, Lathan said in an interview following the announcement Monday. They can expect to see me out in the schools, see me in the community. They can expect me to be very transparent and honest with them about the things that are working and the areas in need of improvement.
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By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network
A $75,000 gift from the Illinois Farm Bureau has funded the purchase of new high-tech equipment for the benefit of agricultural students.
Chris Magnuson, executive director of the Illinois Farm Bureau, told the Illinois Radio Network the Farm Bureau wants young farmers to have hands-on experience using 21st Century technology.
“We benefit when the best and the brightest go into fields of agriculture,” Magnuson said. “The Farm Bureau wants to encourage that by investing in our own industry.”
Illinois is one of the top three agricultural states in the country. Magnuson said the Farm Bureau invests in all four of Illinois’ agricultural schools: Illinois State, University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University and Western Illinois University.