Pritzker wraps up Mexico trip
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and a delegation of state officials concluded their trade mission to Mexico City Wednesday. Pritzker said the trip was an effort to strengthen the state’s long standing partnership with Mexico, paving the way for future investment and shared success.
Trade between Illinois and Mexico exceeded $32 billion in 2024, making Mexico Illinois’ second-largest export market.
Mother, son fall into canyon
An Illinois mother and her 7-year-old son are recuperating after falling into a canyon at Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County.
The Utica Fire Department said it was dispatched Tuesday night to the park’s French Canyon for a report that two people had fallen in. They rescued the mother and child who had apparently fallen around 30 feet to the canyon floor.
Fire officials said the two, from Tinley Park, suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Water bottle station grants
Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation and Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation are now accepting 2025 applications for the annual H2O On the Go grant program.
Launched in 2020, the program replaces existing water fountains with new water bottle-filling stations at elementary, middle and high schools throughout Illinois.
Over the past five years, the H2O On the Go program has provided 337 Illinois schools with water bottle-filling stations.
