Dudley said he has seen comparisons between the two cities.
âDanville has a lot of the same kind of strife that Decaturâs had over the years. Theyâve lost factories and some population,â he said. âIâve dealt with some of those problems here. Hopefully Iâll get the same movement over there.â
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Opportunities like his new job are not often available, according to Dudley. âSo I needed to take advantage of it,â he said.
Dudley said he will miss his co-workers, which he began working with in 2017. âThere is a great team there at the city,â he said. âIâm just very lucky to be blessed to work with such a great team. Iâm going to miss working with them.â
During the hearing, Bloomington patrol officer Nolan Arjona testified that the Bloomington Police Department had received information that the establishment was allowing inside dining. At 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 28, he and another officer entered the establishment to check.
âWe saw about 12 or 13 people and some of them were sitting at the bar drinking and others were seated at tables,â Arjona said.
âThese measures being levied against my client have nothing to do with the regulation of liquor,â he said. âYour ordinance is what matters. You are here to enforce your ordinance, not the governorâs executive order, whether or not he can issue an order for 30 days or 60 days or 90 days or whatever we are at now. We will be five years before he decides to release us.â
PEORIA â In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called âthe beginning of the endâ of the pandemic.
The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the disease.
PEORIA â In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called âthe beginning of the endâ of the pandemic.
The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the disease.
DECATUR â Rodney Niehouse had a very specific request of what he wants from the Macon Resources Secret Santa this year.
âI told them I wanted a pair of bright red shoes, bright red pants,â said Niehouse, 66, a resident of a local residential group home. âI seen them on TV one time and they were leather. They caught my eye.â
Niehouse is one of more than 60 group home residents who will receive a present from a Secret Santa this year.
In the past, the Secret Santa list was available only to the staff and supporters of MRI. This year, several community members contacted the agency asking how they could help the clients.