11 months ago
by Rachel Clark of IWOC and Mei Azaad of Fight Toxic Prisons On the morning of April 17, a protest took place at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ mansion in Tallahassee, Florida, demanding the governor take immediate action to protect prisoners from COVID-...
11 months ago
California reports the state’s first COVID-19 prisoner death; officials remain slow to act as the coronavirus threatens to ravage California’s incarcerated population by Daniel Trautfield& Families of incarcerated people and criminal...
11 months ago
Massy Stores Saint Lucia has warned its customers not to be duped by a fake promotion that has been making the rounds on social media. “Dear customers, please take note of a fake promotion in circulation that is in no way affiliated with Massy...
11 months ago
A nursing home in Joliet has had more confirmed cases and deaths from the coronavirus than any other long-term care facility in Will County, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, which just started releasing numbers of COVID-19 cases...
11 months ago
Castries South MP Dr. Ernest Hilaire says the opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party wants Saint Lucia to succeed in the current COVID-19 crisis. “We believe that Saint Lucia must get it right to save peoples lives and save our country,” he told reporte...
11 months ago
Saint Lucian cricketer Daren Sammy Tuesday donated five laptop computers to the Ministry of Education. The laptops were presented to Permanent Secretary, Michelle Charles. The devices will be distributed to vulnerable students who have performed well...
11 months ago
It began 50 years ago and each year on April 22 Earth Day has been a day when school children plant a tree or partake in some other activity to celebrate nature. It’s a day marked by people going out and cleaning up parks and streams or the areas aro...
11 months ago
The Village of Plainfield is hoping that relinquishing the power of bonding authority to another governmental body will continue to create much-needed jobs and stimulate the area's economy during the global pandemic. The Plainfield board adopted an...
11 months ago
Action taken by the Plainfield Village Board will allow the Pace bus company to add more service routes in the area. The board Monday approved a bus maintenance and storage facility for Pace at the Plainfield Business Park at Depot Drive and Van Dy...
11 months ago
Press Release:– The Government of Saint Lucia has been working closely with the Government of Barbados to see the successful repatriation of eight (8) Nationals who were aboard the Norwegian Spirit, docked offshore Barbados since April 9th 2020...
11 months ago
The Romeoville Village Board last week approved a $164 million budget for 2020-21. The balanced budget features another property tax rate decrease (the Village’s fifth in a row), which brings the rate to its lowest since 2011, village officials said...
11 months ago
The Will County Republican Central Committee held their first-ever Virtual County Convention and re-elected incumbent Chairman George Pearson unanimously. Chairman George Pearson said, “It is my honor to lead the party of Lincoln and Reagan here in...
11 months ago
To help the many people who will need it during the pandemic, State Senator Pat McGuire, D-Crest Hill, urged residents to donate blood, bone marrow and organs during April, which is National Donate Life Month.
11 months ago
While schools throughout Will County and the rest of the state are closed through the end of the school year, children still need to be fed and area districts are meeting that need. Many school districts in the region are continuing to meet their nut...
11 months ago
Press Release:– It has been brought to the attention of the St. Lucia Trade Union Federation (TUF) that it was reported that the Prime Minister of St. Lucia indicated that a meeting with the Public Sector Unions Monday night decided to push ba...
