October 7, 2026 8:33 am
(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to expand operations through partnerships with state and local agencies nationwide without incident. In a recent five-day enforcement operation in Indiana, “Operation Safe Community-Indiana,” 426 illegal foreign nationals were arrested, including those with extensive criminal histories. Their combined criminal histories include sex crimes, assault and battery, domestic assault, drug ...
(The Center Square) – Data centers could support nearly 3,000 jobs each year across Northwest Indiana, a new study says. Most of those jobs would go to local contractors, utilities and other businesses that serve the sites, not the data centers themselves. The study explored the potential impact of a hypothetical $10 billion, 1-gigawatt data center campus. Justin Ross, an ...
(The Center Square) – An Exxon Mobil fuel refinery southwest of Chicago went offline over the weekend, causing a halting of production and driving already heightened fuel costs even higher for Midwestern motorists, who likely won’t see prices ease until days later. The cost for a regular gallon of fuel in Illinois was $4.53 Tuesday, up nearly 5 cents from ...
(The Center Square) – The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has announced a record-breaking first-year class for the third straight year. School officials said freshman enrollment for fall 2026 grew to 9,332 and brought total student enrollment to 61,060 students, topping the 61,000-mark for the first time in university history. STATE WAIVES NOTARY COMMISSION FEE Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says ...
