grant funds

East Bluff Community Center Executive Director Kari Jones sees a potential $25,000 grant as a benefit for the entire Peoria area. Jones is courting support to help the EBCC win one of this year’s 40 grant awards in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist program.

Chicago Public Schools plans to take out a $389 million short-term loan to get the financially struggling district through the end of the school year and…