Articles filed under Illinois
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How Illinois senators reacted to Paris attackNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk pressed the Obama administration on its refugee policy after the Friday Paris attacks, while Sen. Dick Durbin praised U.S. intelligence efforts but w...
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Ill. legislator Raymond Poe is new agriculture directorNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Springfield farmer who's served in the Illinois House of Representatives for 20 years is Gov. Bruce Rauner's choice for director of the Depart...
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Researchers use crowdfunding to support hepatitis C studyNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois Springfield researchers are using crowdfunding to raise money to test homeless people for hepatitis C. The professors pla...
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Budget impasse puts law enforcement training in crunchNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - The director of a northern Illinois law enforcement training unit says it could close soon amid the state budget impasse. The Dixon-based Northwest Il...
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Central Illinois landfill agrees to not store toxic wasteNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois landfill won't be allowed to accept certain types of chemical waste without getting approval from local governments under a s...
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Beloved evergreen becomes Arlington Heights Christmas treeNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Helga and Charles Stephansen have nurtured an evergreen from a sapling they planted three decades ago in the side yard of their Arlington ...
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Homicide found in death at Illinois developmental centerNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - CENTRALIA, Ill. (AP) - A coroner's inquest has ruled a homicide occurred in a resident's death at a state-run southern Illinois home for adults with developmental disabi...
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Students collect enough food for nearly 548,000 mealsNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Students from 18 high schools in the Quad-Cities area have collected enough food for nearly 548,000 meals. Officials at a final rally at the River...
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Belleville woman gets 15 years in newborn son's suffocationNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to charges she wrapped her newborn son ...
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More city budget-related layoffs announced in East St. LouisNov 13, 2015 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - East St. Louis officials are laying off a recently-hired public safety director and street superintendent due to budget woes. The (Belleville...