Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois campaign on driving fatalities wins awardSep 05, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Transportation's 'œLife or Death Illinois'ť campaign has received recognition from a national association. The Ameri...
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School music education adapts to COVID-19 pandemicSep 05, 2020 7:00 am - TREMONT, Ill. (AP) - While art education has typically been the first thing to go when times get tough, that doesn't seem to be happening in central Illinois as students...
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As of Sept. 5, COVID-19 case counts per county, per ZIP codeSep 05, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 114,731 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Saturday. That's 47% of the state's tot...
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Another 2,806 COVID-19 cases; 7-day positive-test rate is 4.2%Sep 05, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday announced 2,806 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 23 additional confir...
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Feds subpoenaed Harmon's office for docs on Chinatown propertySep 05, 2020 1:00 am - Federal authorities subpoenaed Illinois Senate President Don Harmon's office earlier this summer as part of the expansive public corruption probe that has roiled the hig...
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Iowa prosecutor: Police killing of Illinois man justifiedSep 04, 2020 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - An investigation into the June shooting death of an Illinois man by an eastern Iowa officer during civil unrest in Davenport has found that the sh...
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When will U of I's saliva test see wider rollout?Sep 04, 2020 5:30 am - When the Illinois Department of Public Health announced the state's daily COVID-19 testing data Monday, something odd was tucked in among the county figures. It showed t...
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State's wealthiest person gives $20 million to fight graduated taxSep 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' wealthiest man and frequent Republican political donor Ken Griffin has pledged $20 million to a group dedicated to defeating a graduated tax cons...
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5,368 new COVID-19 cases but 4.1% positivity rate as state blames computers, saliva test influxSep 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state's COVID-19 case count surged by 5,368 Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported, but it qualified that the unprecedented spike occurred because...
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Legislators to begin Madigan hearings next weekSep 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A special investigative committee of the General Assembly will begin meeting at the Capitol next week to decide the fate of Illinois House Speaker Michael ...