Articles filed under Illinois
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Cook measures lowest COVID-19 transmission rate in state, but it's not out of the woodsSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the seven-day case positivity rate. Cook County maintains the lowest COVID-19 transmissibility rate in Illinois per capita, f...
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Illinois' eviction moratorium set to expire Oct. 3Sep 20, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state's moratorium on enforcement of residential evictions will expire on Oct. 3, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's latest COVID-19 executive order. Pr...
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Man wins candy factory after finding Indiana's golden ticketSep 19, 2021 7:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - For over three months, a small necklace with a golden ticket attached lay buried in the ground at Highland Park, waiting to be found. Andrew Maas, a ...
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At new UI dining hall, 1,000s of students eat in styleSep 18, 2021 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - If the University of Illinois is going to make one of the largest dining halls in the nation, it better have some school spirit. Maybe some Block I p...
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5 new inductees Saturday in Nevada Newspaper Hall of FameSep 17, 2021 7:00 am - RENO, Nev. (AP) - A New York columnist who moved to Virginia City in 1950 and restarted the newspaper where Mark Twain wrote a century earlier, the former head of the Ne...
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Boeing to build Navy aircraft at MidAmerica, invest $200MSep 17, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy's latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica ...
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California law, U.S. Constitution at center of FOID case before Illinois Supreme CourtSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to consider the laws of the state of California and the U.S. Constitution in ruling on one man's eligibility to b...
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As case positivity rates drop to July levels, 31 more school outbreaks reported in suburbsSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 case positivity rates in the suburbs and Chicago have dropped below 4% for the first time since July 24. The rate in some suburban counties had surpassed 6% las...
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As FDA ponders booster shots, Illinois shows a huge gap in vaccination ratesSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - As U.S. Food and Drug Administration experts debate offering a third Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shot to bolster immunity against COVID-19, Illinois presents a steep contras...
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Journalist turned politician hopes to eliminate Illinois' news desertsSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - A former television journalist who has spent the last decade as an Illinois state senator is hoping a newly created Local Journalism Task Force will help find a way to r...