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Friday, Mar 28, 2025 - Posted by Isabel Miller

* It’s Friday! What’s going on?…

       

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  1. - Leatherneck - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 8:28 am:

    Someone on a Brimfield-area Facebook group shared this, with photo, but apparently at the end of business yesterday the Wyoming SOS driver’s facility closed permanently. Why it closed no one knows. This is confirmed on the SOS page:

    https://apps.ilsos.gov/facilityfinder/facilityfinder?command=getFacilityDetails&facilityId=209

    Not only was this the driver’s facility for Stark County, but also was the facility of choice for anyone in northern and northwestern Peoria County (especially in the Brimfield, Dunlap and Princeville areas), and eastern Knox County (particularly around Williamsfield) who wanted to have an “easier driver’s test” in a small town setting rather than all the traffic around the facilities in Galesburg, Peoria, or Kewanee. Sad day yesterday for that area.


  2. - Pius - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 8:33 am:

    Bulls victory over Lakers. Incredible!!


  3. - Just Me 2 - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 8:42 am:

    I still don’t understand why Emil Jones is still in the State Senate. It took weeks for the GA to get rid of Blagojevich. It’s been years for Jones.


  4. - yinn - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 8:50 am:

    Ray Long just tweeted that Jenner & Block is fighting back against an unconstitutional executive order. Heartening.


  5. - Save Ferris - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 8:52 am:

    Cubs win, Sox win, Bulls win.

    No idea the last time that happened on the same day.


  6. - RNUG - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 9:27 am:

    Cubs won. Red Sox won. So we’re both happy.


  7. - RNUG - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 9:31 am:

    Kind of surprised there was no mention of the planned partial auction of the Tapper collection of Lincoln artifacts.

    IT ran a story on it this week. They also gave an update of the breakup with library and museum, and subsequent association with the Lincoln Home site.

    It would expect that whole topic to get a lot of comments.


  8. - Levois - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 9:34 am:

    Stormy this morning. Too bad this was an early day for me. :(


  9. - RNUG - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 9:35 am:

    == Why it closed no one knows. ==

    For years there has been a converted effort to reduce the number of facility leases, etc across all State agencies by consolidating various agencies in just one facility. That was a project a relative worked on extensively. Don’t know if that is what happened there or not.


  10. - RNUG - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 10:10 am:

    concerted, not converted … darn autocorrect


  11. - fs - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 10:13 am:

    The largest (tallest) building in Springfield has a massive plumbing(?) failure, forcing everyone out of the building this week, including legislators, but you wouldn’t know about it if you rely on local news reporting for…local news. What a sad state local media is in.


  12. - Leatherneck - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 10:19 am:

    = but you wouldn’t know about it if you rely on local news reporting for…local news.=

    Still nothing on Channel 20’s page about the Wyndham but Champaign and Decatur stories are quite prominent.

    Somewhere in Heaven Don Hickman, Bob Murray, Shelby Harbison, and other former Springfield-area media greats who are no longer are shedding tears over the lousy state of media in this city. Including on Channel 20.


  13. - Grandson of Man - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 11:04 am:

    Was lucky to have started watching the Bulls game in the fourth quarter last night. What a comeback, nine points in the last 12 seconds. The game winning shot from half court by Giddey, as the clock expired, was epic, as good as it gets.


  14. - Proud Papa Bear - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 11:04 am:

    After living in Illinois for over 40 years, I finally took a deep dive into our southernmost region.
    I’m still trying to process Cairo. The triple whammy of its economy drying up, flooding, and abject racism turned it into what I can only describe as a purgatory town. Not a ghost town yet, but close.
    I discovered Stace England today. He has an entire album dedicated to the city. It’s amazing.


  15. - Chicago Voter - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 11:16 am:

    So is the Wyndham closed? I have a reservation there next week.


  16. - Friendly Bob Adams - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 11:24 am:

    Beautiful day today and it’s not even April yet.

    And yes, the finish of the Bulls game was amazing


  17. - Rich Miller - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 11:42 am:

    ===I have a reservation there next week===

    Concerning.


  18. - btowntruth from forgottonia - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 11:45 am:

    Watching video on the Facebook machine of someone stealing and tearing up campaign signs in this part of Forgottonia…..in a road commisioners race no less….


  19. - Steve Polite - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 12:08 pm:

    “What a sad state local media is in.”

    My wife and I were just talking about this and the “Forum 30″ story. She said WICS had no mention of it. I said that is because the station is no longer a Springfield news center. It’s a regional news center. (The hotel will always be the Forum 30 to me. I remember going to the top floor and looking out the windows as a child.)


  20. - Demoralized - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 12:10 pm:

    ==So is the Wyndham closed? I have a reservation there next week.==

    I would check. Those elevators are going to be out of service for months.


  21. - Leatherneck - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 12:57 pm:

    The SJ-R still has no mention of the Wyndham disaster at this time.

    I don’t know if it’s one of those “pink slime” papers (if so I won’t post from it again), but the online-only Springfield Herald News does have an item about the Wyndham damage. SPD now thinks that the incident was an intentional act of vandalism:

    https://springfieldherald.news/wyndham-hotel-damage-causes-nonworking-elevators-fire-alarms-and-sprinkle-p27419-103.htm

    The Springfield Herald News seems to now be the place to go for fans of the old SJR Police Beat, as they include city and county arrest reports. But in simple name and info of the person arrested, charges filed, date and time of arrest, police department making the arrest, etc. Unlike the SJR that only limited Police Beat to “most noteworthy police incidents” in the coverage area with as full of detail as possible about the incident.


  22. - Shibboleth - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 2:13 pm:

    The Daily Egyptian is reporting that an SIUC student’s visa has been revoked.


  23. - Leatherneck - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 3:20 pm:

    Finally the SJ-R has something about the Wyndham disaster but par their course, the story is paywalled.

    It took until 11:45 for Channel 20 to post a Wyndham story, but I’m thinking that was intentional after it was treated as “breaking news” for their 11am Midday news.


  24. - Amalia - Friday, Mar 28, 25 @ 4:13 pm:

    struggling with the best way to respond to all the deep change going on. glad spring is coming…so warm today… so I can worry about plants. it’s easier to fix those things.


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