Articles filed under Illinois
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Murder suspect recaptured after escaping Illinois jailApr 14, 2020 7:00 am - CARLINVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man charged with first-degree murder is back behind bars after escaping from the Macoupin County Jail in Carlinville, author...
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Union: Illinois facility needs to address coronavirus spreadApr 14, 2020 7:00 am - CENTRALIA, Ill. (AP) - A labor union that represents employees at an Illinois residential facility is asking that officials take a proactive approach to prevent the spre...
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Woman gets 75-year sentence for sexually assaulting childrenApr 14, 2020 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois woman has received a 75-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting children, Madison County prosecutors announced Tuesday...
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74 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,222 new cases; Pritzker says state is bending the curveApr 14, 2020 1:00 am - While the COVID-19 toll is dire with 74 more fatalities and 1,222 new confirmed cases as of Tuesday, cumulative data shows the respiratory disease is losing steam. Slowl...
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Federal courts empty stores, donate masks to COVID-19 fightApr 13, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. District Court for the central district of Illinois emptied its closets in the fight against COVID-19. Officials said courts throughou...
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Police ID man found dead after exchanging fire with officersApr 13, 2020 7:00 am - WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A man found dead Saturday in rural western Indiana after exchanging gunfire with police has been identified as a 51-year-old resident of a ...
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Virus forces home delivery of Sikh holiday fare and prayersApr 13, 2020 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - This year the temple gathering, and the pizza that highlights the children's menu at the Guru Nanak Mission's Vaisakhi celebration will be home...
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Trump's disdain for 'Obamacare' could hamper virus responseApr 13, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration's unrelenting opposition to 'œObamacare'ť could become an obstacle for millions of uninsured people in the coronavirus outbrea...
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In the shadow of COVID-19, suburbanites recall polio crisis of the 1950sApr 13, 2020 5:30 am - When Palatine native Cheri Pinchot was growing up in the 1950s, polio was the scourge adults and children feared. First reported in the United States in the mid-19th ce...
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State reports first-year hemp production totalsApr 12, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois farmers produced 2.3 million pounds (1 million kilograms) of industrial hemp in the first year of legal cultivation in decades, state o...