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Thursday closures
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Businesses and
organizations
Lincoln Public
Library - closed Thursday
Logan County
Department of Public Health will be closed Thursday
Schools
Chester-East
Lincoln School - remote learning day
Greenview CUSD 200
- remote learning day
Heartland Community
College Normal, Lincoln and Pontiac classes switch to remote
learning on Thursday
HCC facilities will
be closed
HCC SHIELD Covid 19
testing center closed
Lincoln District 27
Elementary schools - E-learning day
Logan County Headstart #2 - remote
learning day
Mount Pulaski
Schools - E-learning day
New Holland -
Middletown - closed
West Lincoln
Broadwell - Alternative learning day
Zion Lutheran - Lincol - closed
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U.S.
Transportation
Secretary Pete Buttigieg, joined by Governor JB Pritzker,
Senator Dick Durbin, and Senator Tammy Duckworth, toured
the classroom and workspace used for Electric Vehicle
maintenance training at Heartland Community College (HCC).
The visit to the Electric Vehicle Training facility in
Bloomington was the centerpiece of a stop by Secretary
Buttigieg to the Bloomington-Normal area. Buttigieg,
Pritzker, Durbin, Duckworth met with a group including
industry leaders and HCC President Keith Cornille before
touring the EV training space.
Photo by Steve Fast
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LOGAN COUNTY EMA
WEATHER ANNOUNCEMENT
Alert: Winter Storm Warning until 09:00PM Thursday
* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow
accumulations of 5 to 8 inches and ice accumulations of one
tenth to two tenths of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 40
mph.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Illinois,
mainly from Springfield and Lincoln westward.
* WHEN...From 6 AM to 9 PM CST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on very hazardous road conditions. The
hazardous conditions may impact the morning commute, with
significant impacts during the evening commute. Near
whiteout conditions will be possible in open areas,
especially during the afternoon.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A change from rain to mixed
precipitation will occur toward sunrise near Jacksonville
and Springfield, before changing to all snow late morning.
Snow will continue through the afternoon. The heaviest snow
accumulation will be early in the afternoon, with 1 to 2
inch accumulations per hour possible.
* AFFECTED AREAS: LOGAN ... CASS ... MENARD ... SCOTT ...
MORGAN ... SANGAMON
Instructions:
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and
water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. The latest
road conditions for Illinois can be obtained on the Internet
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Weather
Heavy Snow, Freezing Rain Tonight-Thursday
Heavy Rainfall Tonight through Thursday
Strong Winds Expected Today
Severe Weather Potential Thursday in Southeast IL
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Shark
kills swimmer in Sydney's first fatal attack in decades
A
surfer carries his board into the water next to a sign
declaring a shark sighting on Sydney's Manly Beach,
Australia, November 24, 2015.
REUTERS/David Gray//File
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State
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panel suspends COVID-19 mitigations in schools
Rep. Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, co-chair of the
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, speaks with reporters
after the panel voted to suspend COVID-19 mitigations in public
schools. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Nation
 Oath
Keepers founder to seek release from jail ahead of U.S. sedition
trial
Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes poses during an
interview session in Eureka, Montana, U.S. June 20, 2016.
REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
Government, Politics, Campaigns &
Elections
 Rejecting
Trump claim, Biden orders release of White House logs to Jan. 6
panel -NYT
President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn to Marine One
for travel to Pittsburgh from the White House in Washington,
D.C., U.S., January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
International
 Russian
pullout meets NATO scepticism, Ukraine defence website still
hacked
A view shows a freight train transporting Russian military
vehicles, which leave the Crimean peninsula towards the Russian
mainland along a railway bridge across the Kerch Strait, in this
still image taken from video released February 16, 2022. Russian
Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
 N.Korea
celebrates late Kim's birthday in new alpine city, with no
military event
A golden commemorative coin with lettering "The 80th Birth
Anniversary of the Great Leader Comrade?Kim Jong II", which is
to be minted on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of
former leader?Kim Jong II, is pictured in this undated photo
released on February 15, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central
News Agency (KCNA). KCNA/ via REUTERS
Science,
Medicine, Technology & Environment
 First
woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the
third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem
cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the
virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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STATE LEADERS
BLOCK PRITZKER FROM REIMPOSING SCHOOL MASK MANDATE
Illinois Policy
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mortgage interest rates top 4% for first time since 2019
The interest rate on the most popular type of U.S. home loan
surged last week by the most in two years. A home with a sign
indicating that it is under contract to be sold is seen in a
neighborhood of downtown Washington, October 27, 2009.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg
International
 Exclusive-Paraguay
soy crushers, hit by drought, risk running out of beans
A tractor is silhouetted after harvesting soybeans at a farm in
Caaguazu, Paraguay February 17, 2020. Picture taken February 17,
2020. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno
Economy
 Republican
boycott of Raskin nomination vote spells more limbo for Fed rule
changes
Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominated to be vice chairman for
supervision and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of
Governors, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in
Washington, D.C., U.S. February 3, 2022. Bill Clark/Pool via
REUTERS
Markets
 Futures
largely flat ahead of retail sales data, Fed minutes
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in New York City, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan
McDermid
Money
 Dollar
falls for second day as investors worry less over Ukraine
A picture illustration of U.S. dollar, Swiss Franc, British
pound and Euro bank notes, taken in Warsaw January 26, 2011.
REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Energy
 Oil
prices recoup losses as Russia-Ukraine tensions stay high
An oil & gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May
6, 2020. Picture taken May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File
Photo
Internet
& Technology
 Two
U.S. senators set to introduce 'Kids Online Safety Act'
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks to reporters
during a break from a Senate Armed Services and Foreign
Relations joint briefing on the U.S. policy on Afghanistan, on
Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Al
Drago/File Photo
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Regular Gasoline per Gallon
Lincoln
$3. 359-3.659
Bloomington
$3.459-3.639
Decatur
$3.299-$3 .699
Springfield
$3.44-$3.799
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of woman killed on 'Rust' set sues Alec Baldwin
Brian Panish, lead attorney for late cinematographer Halyna
Hutchins speaks to media next to her picture, in Los Angeles,
California, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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