Casey-Westfield School District Reports Strong Financial Position
Casey-Westfield School Board Meeting | October 20, 2025 Article Summary: The Casey-Westfield school district maintains a healthy financial status with...
Casey Moves Forward with City Hall Office Remodel for Enhanced Safety
Casey City Council Meeting | October 20, 2025 Article Summary: The Casey City Council is advancing a project to remodel...
Casey-Westfield Schools Showcase Student Success in Academics, Athletics, and Arts
Casey-Westfield School Board Meeting | October 20, 2025 Article Summary: Administrators from Monroe Elementary and the Jr./Sr. High School presented...
A Week of Warrior Pride: Homecoming at Monroe Elementary
School spirit was at an all-time high as Monroe Elementary students dove into a fun and festive homecoming week. The...
From Creative Cells to Chemical Reactions: Science in Action
In Mr. Harris's science classes, students are engaging in dynamic, hands-on learning across the grade levels. Seventh graders recently brought...
Marshall Edges Lady Warriors in Thrilling Senior Night Matchup
Featured image caption: On her Senior Night, Madi Gelb rises up and powers through the Marshall defense for a resounding...
Casey City Council Passes Ordinance Holding Parents Responsible for Minors’ Vandalism
Casey City Council Meeting | October 20, 2025 Article Summary: The Casey City Council has approved a new ordinance making...
Lake Land College to Invest $195,000 in Advanced Farming Equipment
Lake Land College Board of Trustees Meeting | September, 2025 Article Summary: The Lake Land College Board of Trustees has approved...
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Casey-Westfield School District Reports Strong Financial Position
Casey-Westfield School Board Meeting | October 20, 2025 Article Summary: The Casey-Westfield school district maintains a healthy financial status with operating funds equivalent to seven months of expenses, exceeding state...
Casey-Westfield Schools Showcase Student Success in Academics, Athletics, and Arts
Casey-Westfield School Board Meeting | October 20, 2025 Article Summary: Administrators from Monroe Elementary and the Jr./Sr. High School presented reports highlighting a wide range of student achievements, from state-level...
A Week of Warrior Pride: Homecoming at Monroe Elementary
School spirit was at an all-time high as Monroe Elementary students dove into a fun and festive homecoming week. The school’s youngest learners were made a special part of the...
Lake Land College to Invest $195,000 in Advanced Farming Equipment
Lake Land College Board of Trustees Meeting | September, 2025 Article Summary: The Lake Land College Board of Trustees has approved the purchase of a new Strip-Till Bar for $195,000 to...
Beyond the Gridiron: Warriors Celebrate Seniors and Rally for Pink-Out Night
Featured image caption: Wyatt Erickson wears a special jersey honoring Vicki Yates during Friday night's "Pink-Out" game. Before the first whistle blew in Friday night’s football game, the lights at...
Lake Land College Extends President Bullock’s Contract to 2028, Sets New Strategic Goals
Lake Land College Board of Trustees Meeting | September, 2025 Article Summary: The Lake Land College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a three-year contract extension for President Dr. Jonathan "Josh" Bullock,...
Lake Land College one of 10 national recipients of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Scaling Apprenticeship grant
Lake Land College was recently named one of 10 recipients of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Scaling Apprenticeship grant. With funding from Ascendum Education Group and in partnership...
Illinois News
Banning AI instruction in college could stifle innovation, IL lawmaker says
By Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributorThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Supporters of a new law prohibiting artificial intelligence being the sole instructor in community college say...
WATCH: Chicago braces for federal law enforcement; Dabrowski on public safety, education
By Greg Bishop | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop gets to the...
Illinois quick hits: Eight dead after weekend violence; Mexican national’s extradition sought
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square Eight dead after weekend violence Chicago Police say more than 55 people were shot, at least eight fatally, in the city...
Alternative tax-hike ideas emerge to fund Illinois public transit
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are proposing more options to address a $770 million fiscal cliff for public transit. After...
Legislator warns bad Illinois policy continues to hurt business investment
By Glenn Minnis | The Center Square contributorThe Center Square (The Center Square) – With businesses in Illinois now suffering on multiple levels, state Rep. Brad Halbrook argues it’s clear...
Illinois quick hits: Mine manager pleads guilty; Johnson issues food executive order
By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square Mine manager pleads guilty A former Franklin County mine manager has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. Mine Safety...
Op-Ed: Chicago-area transit needs an intervention, not another fix
By Brad Weisenstein | The Center Square contributorThe Center Square If Illinois were a family, it would have 1,313 siblings – its cities, towns and villages. One of them is...
National News
Ads roll on, money pours in, and SCORE Act waits
By Alan WootenThe Center Square Seven big games in the Southeastern Conference alone, hundreds of players, all headed toward the billions college football generates in the 21st century. And with...
Poll: Young adults not confident in 2026 election fairness
By Andrew RiceThe Center Square Almost half of young adult voters are not confident the 2026 elections will be conducted fairly, according to a new poll. The Center Square’s Voters’...
Universities respond to new federal Grad PLUS loan caps
By Esther WickhamThe Center Square Santa Clara University School of Law will guarantee $16,000 annual scholarships starting next fall, fully covering tuition following the new federal Grad PLUS loan caps...
Report shows California leads in debt among all 50 states
By Madeline ShannonThe Center Square A new Reason Foundation report pegs California as the state with the nation's highest debt. The report found that the California state government carries more...
Trump plans to tell Congress about new drug war, won’t seek permission
By Brett RowlandThe Center Square President Donald Trump and his administration plan to inform Congress about using the military to target drug traffickers, but stopped short of saying they would...
U.S. aircraft carrier being deployed to Latin America
By Sarah Roderick-FitchThe Center Square As part of the Trump administration’s plan to target narco terrorists around Latin America, the Pentagon announced Friday that a U.S. aircraft carrier will be...
Federal agents arrive near San Francisco despite National Guard call-off
By Madeline ShannonThe Center Square Despite President Donald Trump calling off an impending National Guard deployment to San Francisco, federal agents arrived Thursday at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, on...
