http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news 20 Latest News Articles 2013-05-25T01:26:28Z

Some changes are coming at the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce. Executive director Marian Brisard has announced that 2 members of the office staff, Carolyn Sugg and Joey Woolridge, will be leaving in June. Sugg, who first worked for the Chamber in...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78866

As school age kids in DeWitt County wind down the school year this week, one local entity is ready to help keep them busy this summer. The Warner Public Library is ready for area students to take part in their annual summer reading club program. Chi...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78778

A local school district has elected to change their grading scale going forward. The Maroa-Forsyth School district discusses the issue of changing their grading scale every couple of years, and they have decided to lower their expectations for what ...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78776

If your local school has, in place, a sex education curriculum that you approve of, for your child, it may not necessarily match the new sex-ed standards state government wants to teach, under legislation on its way to the Governor. State Senator Ch...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78774

Illinois legislation allowing public possession of concealed guns would wipe out local firearms ordinances. Some opponents following debate Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee are raising objections to a concealed carry measure sponsored b...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78773

A NEW CONCEALED CARRY PROPOSAL IS MAKING SOME HEADWAY IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE. REPRESENTATIVE BRANDON PHELPS OF HARRISBURG PUT TOGETHER THE BILL THAT HAS NOW PASSED A HOUSE COMMITTEE…AND SAYS IT PRE-EMPTS LOCAL GUN RULES AND SETS UP A STATEWIDE...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78772

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn opposes the compromise gun-carry legislation that the Illinois House is readying for a floor vote on Friday. Quinn spokeswoman Brooke Anderson says the legislation is "a massive overreach" because it would overturn all existi...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78771

The University of Illinois' Senate Executive Committee has approved a resolution supporting the end of use of Chief Illiniwek. The group approved the nonbinding resolution on Wednesday afternoon. The group includes faculty, students and academic pro...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78769

It might soon be against the law to hold a phone and talk while driving. Senator Jason Barickman doesn't like a plan to ban cell phones while driving because he says it's not the only problem. [audio:rddjb22.mp3] [/audio] The bill would require dri...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78768

A peaceful sit-in in front of Governor Pat Quinn's capital office has led to two arrests this week. Angie Viands wants to meet with Quinn to share her concerns about fracking, but she was led out in cuffs when she refused to leave the building after ...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78765

Attorney General Lisa Madigan says people should use caution when donating money to help victims of the Oklahoma tornado. Madigan says scam artists often try to take advantage of people who want to help after a disaster. She's urging the public to d...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78762

The Illinois Senate has approved a measure that would create a state-governed "insurance exchange" so individuals and small businesses can shop for health care coverage as required by President Obama's health law. Lawmakers voted Thursday 37-19 to s...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78760

The Illinois congressional delegation is asking President Barack Obama to make federal aid available to local governments in 25 counties impacted by floods earlier this month. The delegation sent a letter to Obama Thursday saying that the state has ...

2013-05-24T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78758

Clinton High School is now in a searching mode for a new Athletic Director and a boys high school basketball coach. Last month Chris Gibson, the high schools named Athletic Director for next year, resigned to return to a school district closer to hi...

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78626

In the wake of the Oklahoma tornado, many central Illinoisans may be wanting to help in some way, but are unsure of how to. The American Red Cross is one organization that is always prepared for these situations and has several ways for people to pr...

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78623

Jurors are getting a glimpse of the injuries suffered by the only survivor of the Beason murders.  Tabitha Gee was just three years old when her family was killed in a brutal attack back in September 2009.  Prosecutors say she suffered seve...

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78622

Prosecutors appear to be nearing the end of their case in the trial of a man charged with beating five members of a central Illinois family to death in 2009. Prosecutors had just a handful of possible witnesses left in Christopher Harris' trial as t...

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78621

A central Illinois judge has sentenced a Springfield man to 65 years in prison for armed robbery and murder. Reports indicate 23-year-old Antonio Phillips received the sentence. He was convicted in March of shooting 24-year-old William "Wes" Suggs i...

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78618

Like anything that's 117 years old, the telescope in the University of Illinois' observatory could use a little work. This summer, it will get it. A crew dismantled the telescope this week and is sending it to a business in Pennsylvania that will wo...

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78616

Compromise Illinois House legislation to regulate the carrying of concealed weapons would ban guns in parks and on public transportation. Rep. Brandon Phelps filed the legislation Wednesday. An analysis of the bill by The Associated Press shows it w...

2013-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.dewittdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=22&id=78613