Illinois Valley Community College’s One Book, One College community reads program second discussion of Eric Eyre’s “Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies that Delivered the Opioid Epidemic” is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29.

After nearly a month in session, many local schools have put together a School Mandate Relief Request for the Illinois State Board of Education and the State Superintendent’s consideration. The request is also endorsed by IASA Starved Region Superintendents.

Harding Grade School’s front entrance is now graced with the memory of Trina Becker, a young girl who passed away at the age of 11 in 1990 because of an inoperable brain tumor.

A total of 21 Illinois Valley Community College cannabis production certificate program students received $1,000 scholarships this fall funded by a $100,000 gift from NuEra.

Two sessions of the Cannabis Dispensary Agent/Patient Care Specialist program will be offered this fall through Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center.

Illinois Valley Community College has second eight-week Certified Nursing Assistant classes beginning Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the main campus and Ottawa Center, 321 W. Main St.

William “Bill” Hunt, of Oglesby, was appointed to fill a nearly two-year vacancy on the Illinois Valley Community College board by trustees at a special meeting Thursday night.

An Illinois Valley Community College nursing admission information session will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, via Zoom.

Central, Jefferson, Lincoln and McKinley schools will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday while Shepherd dismisses at 12:10 p.m. because of the heat inside the buildings.