Illinois Quick Hits: Illinois power company to shutter three plants
(The Center Square) – A power company plans to shut down three Illinois facilities in the next 18 months.
The Peoria Journal Star reports that Vistra Corp. intends to close plants in Baldwin, Kincaid and Newton, affecting a total of 304 workers.
A Vistra spokesperson said the Baldwin Solar Facility, which sits on coal plant property, will continue operating after the retirement of the Baldwin Power Plant.
CWB: NO IMMEDIATE DISPATCH TO ALDERMAN’S BOMB REPORT
A Chicago alderman said someone set off a bomb outside his home early Saturday, shattering a window as his three children were sleeping, but CWB Chicago reports that Chicago police were not sent to any calls of an explosion at the time.
Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez said in a social media post that the blast happened around 12:45 a.m.
CWB said it appeared police first learned about the incident nearly nine hours later, when a high-ranking member of the district command staff received a call and dispatched a sergeant to the alderman’s residence.
Chicago police said an unknown male offender placed a suspected firework in the street and ignited it.
PHEASANT, WILDLIFE GRANTS TO BE ACCEPTED JULY 1
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says it is accepting applications for the State Pheasant Fund Special Funds and the Illinois Habitat Fund Special Funds Grant programs from July 1 through August 1.
The habitat programs are intended to enhance the natural environment for pheasant and wildlife through projects developed by not-for-profit organizations and governmental entities for conservation.
Grant funding comes from the sale of habitat stamps to sportsmen and sportswomen.
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