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Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointment in his administration.

The program is called “Fast Path,” and it simplifies college planning by having all courses, dates and times prearranged and guaranteed. Fast Path students complete two classes at a time, meet two days a week, and move on to new classes every eight weeks. They will earn an Associate in Arts transfer degree in two years. Some coursework is online in the program, and in-person classes are at the KCC Harold and Jean Miner South Extension Center, 1488 E. Walnut St. in Watseka.

JOLIET, Ill. (September 3, 2019) — Chicagoland Speedway announced today that it will roll out the CLS Ticket Membership program, the most robust in NASCAR’s modern era, giving fans compelling new benefits in addition to the existing benefits, adding savings, access and experiences at an unprecedented level.

“A community without a shelter is like a bicycle with only one wheel, and it would be turning its back on people's needs with respect to animal issues. PETA has seen firsthand how desperate people with nowhere to turn—or who have been turned away from private shelters—have cruelly killed unwanted animals or abandoned them to starve, be hit by cars, or die of disease. Every community needs an open-admission animal shelter—one that accepts all animals in need without fees or waiting lists and never turns them away for being too sick, injured, old, or aggressive to adopt out easily.”

Sharon J. Reed, 75, of Bourbonnais, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. Visitation is from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday, September 9, 2019, at Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home in Kankakee. Visitation is from 10:00 AM until the 11:00 AM funeral service on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at River Valley Christian Fellowship in Bourbonnais.

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