Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:36 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:36:43 GMT
The rights of parents in Illinois to decide if their child can tan in a tanning bed could soon be taken away. That's what will happen if Governor Pat Quinn signs House Bill 188 into law. The bill is currently
The rights of parents in Illinois to decide if their child can tan in a tanning bed could soon be taken away.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:22 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:22:17 GMT
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Heartland educators vowed to step up intruder training for every teacher. Many actually learned exactly what steps to take to react if an active
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Heartland educators vowed to step up intruder training for every teacher.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, IL (KFVS) -
A new school year has started but Illinois school districts are bracing for a big financial hit.
The State of Illinois calculates its support of local school districts through a complicated formula that determines a per-pupil average. Illinois' current per-pupil figure is set at $6,119 per student, but the state won't be paying that this year.
The overall amount budgeted for schools this year is less than the total of that per-pupil average multiplied by the total number of students in Illinois. The state determined it could only pay schools 89 percent of that $6,119 per student rate.
The prorated 89 percent is the equivalent to funding levels for the 2007-2008 school year, according to Sesser Schools superintendent Jason Henry
In Johnston City schools, 11 percent less cash from the state means a loss of more than $610,000. Johnston City superintendent Jack Bambrick says the district has enough of a fund balance its bank account to cover that loss this year, but next year Johnston City schools will feel the pinch.
"These cuts are going to be deep. They're going to hurt," Bambrick said. "There's no better way to say it but these are unprecedented times in public education in Illinois."
Bambrick says the district will investigate potential places to cut in the coming months, but cuts won't take effect until fiscal year 2014.
The Marion School District doesn't have as big of a bank account to fall back on. The district worked to dig itself out of debt just last year making huge cuts and layoffs.
That's why School Board President Wayne Tate says his board planned ahead for a shortage of state funds this year.
The Marion Unit #2 District budgeted for a $1.4 million shortfall in state funding. As it turns out, the state will only short the district $1.1 million. Still, Tate says he's glad they planned ahead.
"If you don't plan ahead you'd get hammered by this," Tate said.
Tate says the board will continue looking for more places to cut, because he doesn't think the state's financial picture will improve anytime soon.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:32 AM EDT2013-05-22 14:32:03 GMT
(WMC-TV) - It is a tiny pest with a big bite that can do major damage. One Germantown family said it only took one infected tick to change their entire lifestyle – something they have been dealing with
It is a tiny pest with a big bite that can do major damage.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:50 PM EDT2013-05-23 02:50:49 GMT
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:58 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:58:57 GMT
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:18 AM EDT2013-05-22 12:18:28 GMT
Do you post to social media sites, upload digital pictures and videos, use credit cards or cell phones equipped with GPS? All of these modern conveniences are contributing to what's known as ‘big data.'
Do you post to social media sites, upload digital pictures and videos, use credit cards or cell phones equipped with GPS? All of these modern conveniences are contributing to what's known as ‘big data.'
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:32:31 GMT
ORLANDO, FL (RNN) – A man with possible ties to a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was shot and killed after the FBI interviewed him early Wednesday. The FBI confirmed a special agent fatally shot a man
A man killed Wednesday during questioning by the FBI said he and Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev were accomplices in a 2011 slaying.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:56 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:56:01 GMT
(RNN) – Of the 24 killed in the EF-5 tornado that decimated Moore, OK, 10 are children - two of which are infants according to a release by the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office. All the children
The last of the missing from Monday's massive tornado that tore through the town of Moore, OK, have been accounted for.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:38 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:38:14 GMT
MOORE, OK - The trembling, mud-spattered dog whose photo went viral on Tuesday was not actually standing watch over her owner's body - her name is Susie, her owner is named Curtis Collins, and he's alive.Thanks
There's a happy ending to the story of the little dog who was found standing guard over a body after the EF-5 tornado that decimated her neighborhood in Moore, OK. Her owner is alive, and they have been reunited thanks to the viral photo.
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