Hopedale News

“Obviously, they're like the little boy in a candy store”

Another energy cost increase for central Illinois residents this year will help prevent more hikes in the future, a top official with the utility argued at a public hearing Tuesday night. via Journal Star

Power is restored in rural Tazewell County after residents spent the night in the dark. via WEEK-TV

UPDATED 6:05 p.m. Power is out in a section of eastern Tazewell and western McLean Counties - right in the middle of the Super Bowl. via Pantagraph

“It's bottom ground, when you're farming the bottom, that's the way it is... you get water.”

Rising river waters have several roads closed near Route 9 and Dee-Mack roads. Farm fields near the Mackinaw are underwater. via WEEK-TV

“They are a valuable resource when they are chopped up and mulched. They can actually be used for soil conditioner, so they actually have a purpose in returning to the ground which they came from.”

Once again this year, Tazewell County is giving its residents an opportunity to take out the trash and be good to mother earth at the same time. via WMBD-TV Peoria

A fter Tuesday, cities will start collecting Christmas trees. I n Peoria, Waste Management will get them from Wednesday to Sunday, then start again after January 5th. via WHOI

Patients of the Hopedale Medical Complex's Mackinaw Clinic have a new facility for their health needs. via WEEK-TV

The Olympia West Elementary School and the Minier-Armington Police Department are teaming up once again with various businesses, individuals, civic groups and area churches to provide Christmas gifts for the ... via Lincoln Daily News

“People think drowsy driving means you fall asleep”

The sun hadn't even risen yet at 6:02 a.m. on Feb. 14, 2000. And Raymundo Aceves, 30, of LaPuente, Calif., was tired. via LincolnCourier.com

“As a young child in a house of five, there was only one garbage can used”

An endless stream of garbage from the past 30 years has filled three Tazewell County landfills already, and a fourth would have met the same fate within four years. via Journal Star

Daily Digest for October 23, 2007: Open house planned for Main Street draft BLOOMINGTON - ' Residents, business owners and other community members will have a chance to see the final draft plan for ... via Pantagraph

“In our minds, the biggest achievement of this entire process was being able to facilitate a true inter-governmental effort among our village, the school, library district, fire department and other groups”

Olympia High sophomores, juniors and seniors talked with local business people during a career day. via The Pantagraph

“You have to know what the actual numbers are in order to assess the percent change and whether or not that's telling you anything”

Woodford County sees a 100 percent increase in robbery. Glasford's crime rate soars 450 percent in 2006. via Journal Star