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UIUC ranks among schools with lowest drop in acceptance rates

By Prairie State Wire reports | 6 years ago

One Illinois university made a list of 20 schools that defied recent trends and posted the smallest decreases in student acceptance rates over the past 12 years, according to a new study by BusinessStudent.com.

CITY OF MT. VERNON: Will No Longer Be Accepting Online Payment Of Utility Bills

By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2018

Effective today the City of Mt. Vernon will no longer be accepting online payment of utility bills through the Illinois E-Pay website.

CITY OF OREGON: Extra Brush Pickup (Not Yard Waste) December 17th

By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2018

Street Dept. will be having an extra brush pickup

At Waltonville, 89 percent of students graduate high school; 44 percent go to college

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 4, 2018

About 90 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 89 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.

School discipline: Which Illinois districts reported the most students transferred for disciplinary reasons?

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 4, 2018

Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178 and Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 were among those in Illinois that reported the highest rate of students transferred for disciplinary reasons during the 2016-17 school year, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.

School discipline: Which North Egypt districts reported the most students transferred for disciplinary reasons?

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 3, 2018

Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178 and Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 reported the highest rate of students transferred for disciplinary reasons during the 2016-17 school year in North Egypt, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Former state university employee Metzger paid in $180K to pension fund, could collect $3.33M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 1, 2018

Former state university employee Diane Metzger, who retired in November 2018, saved $179,932 toward a pension over 36 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Churchwell paid in $12K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $625K in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 1, 2018

Former state school employee Mark Churchwell, who retired in November 2018, saved $11,642 toward a pension over 7 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.