Articles filed under Illinois
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Tornado causes minor damage in southeastern Illinois cityMar 31, 2022 7:00 am - CARMI, Ill. (AP) - A tornado packing estimated peak winds of 100 mph (160 kilometers per hour) damaged at least a dozen homes in southeastern Illinois, the National Weat...
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Man sentenced for role in 2019 Illinois trooper slayingMar 31, 2022 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to charges for his role in the fatal shooting of an Illinois State Police trooper was sentenced to three years in prison...
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State reaches agreement to sell Thompson Center downtownMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - An agreement to sell the state's James R. Thompson Center at 100 W. Randolph St. in downtown Chicago to the development firm JRTC Holdings, LLC was announced Thursday by...
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COVID-19 leave for vaccinated teachers clears General AssemblyMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would allow teachers and other school and university employees or contractors who are fully vaccinated to take paid administrative leave if the...
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State Senate approves energy grid reliability task forceMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state Senate on Thursday advanced a measure to create a task force to study electric grid reliability in light of the 2021 passage of the energy regula...
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Illinois Senate looks to crack down on smash-and-grabsMar 30, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate has a bipartisan plan to crack down on smash-and-grab retail thefts and the selling of stolen items that follows. The legis...
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Who's eligible and when to get second COVID-19 booster shotMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - With an omicron subvariant taking a greater foothold nationwide, federal regulators have approved a second COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for all Americans 50 and older. ...
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Lawmakers pass ban on withholding college transcriptsMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Graduates from Illinois colleges and universities may soon be able to access their transcripts even if they still owe money to the school they attended. Th...
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Ukraine's other fight: Growing food for itself and the worldMar 29, 2022 7:00 am - HORDYNIA, Ukraine (AP) - Planting season has arrived in Ukraine. Boot marks stamped in the frozen earth have thawed. But the Pavlovych family's fields remain untouched i...
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Clemency hearings indefinitely postponedMar 29, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Chicago attorney Alan Mills has a client on the Prisoner Review Board's clemency docket in April. His hearing has been indefinitely postponed because there...