Dwight News

Herscher firefighter and EMT Richard Peters was killed in a motorcycle crash Friday, three days shy of his 49th birthday.

CHAMPAIGN - Monday's Class 1A University of Illinois Super-Sectional softball game was played in a snappy 1 hour, 9 minutes.

Guards at Dwight Correctional Center and other state facilities slated to close this summer have received layoff notices.

The proposed closure of Dwight Correctional Center is starting to hit home. Employees at the prison recently received layoff notices, since the facility still is not funded in the governor's proposed budget and slated to close at the end of August.

"Everyone loved her and she loved everybody." That is how Barbara Sypien, of Momence, describes her granddaughter Lynzee Josephson's relationship with her family and friends.

A step has been taken to ensure Dwight Correctional Center will be funded in the state budget.

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THE ISSUE: Committee votes in favor of keeping Dwight open OUR VIEW: This is a good first step, but we're not out of the woods Finally, a sliver of good news for Dwight.

So when state officials began talking about the millions of dollars the state could save by shutting Dwight Correctional Center plus a prison in Tamms, a developmental center in Centralia and four other state facilities, nothing made sense to him.

An Illinois legislative commission opposes Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to close two prisons and a center for people with developmental disabilities.

The commission on government forecasting and accountability is recommending that Dwight's prison remain open.

A sigh of relief flushed through the state capitol today. A panel of lawmakers voted against Governor Quinn's proposal to shut seven state facilities.

An advisory commission voted Tuesday against Gov. Pat Quinn's plans to close Illinois Youth Center-Joliet and Dwight Correctional Center.

An Illinois legislative commission says Gov. Pat Quinn should not close prisons in Dwight and Tamms.