Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Generosity kicks off kidney 'transplant chain'Jul 07, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Before Deborah Kunath received a fateful call from Memorial Medical Center last year, the 61-year-old Jacksonville resident worried she would di...
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EXCHANGE: Millions of books later, librarian to retireJul 07, 2018 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - City librarian Rick Meyer is a self-described "numbers guy," so when he came to the staff's retirement gathering for children's librarian Katie Gros...
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Conflict-of-interest concerns may slow fight against diseaseJul 07, 2018 7:00 am - ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Conflict-of-interest allegations against a Michigan company may slow a nationwide response to Legionnaires' disease outbreaks. Th...
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West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Lake CountyJul 07, 2018 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Tests on mosquitoes have revealed for the first time this year the presence of the West Nile virus in Lake County in Northern Illinois. The county'...
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How Illinois retirement program works (and is it a good idea?)Jul 07, 2018 1:00 am - About 1.2 million Illinois residents will have money automatically deducted from their paychecks for a retirement savings plan through a new state program being phased i...
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Illinois 200: Reagan's 'quintessential' story began at Eureka CollegeJul 07, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois might be known as the Land of Lincoln, but another president with Illinois roots holds sway around the central Illinois city of Eureka, home to Ronald Reagan's ...
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Barrington woman pleads guilty in beauty products fraud caseJul 06, 2018 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 56-year-old Barrington woman has pleaded guilty to fraud and misbranded medical devices charges in a case alleging she sold unapproved weight loss and...
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3 injured by lightning around 2 Illinois fireworks displaysJul 05, 2018 7:00 am - SHERIDAN, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say two people were critically injured by a lightning strike as people gathered for a Fourth of July fireworks show in northern Illinoi...
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Illinois settles with Scotland bank over mortgage securitiesJul 05, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has reached a $20 million settlement with the Royal Bank of Scotland resulting from the bank's marketing and sale of mortgage-backed se...
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'Pianos in the Parks' returns to Chicago until Aug. 1Jul 05, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Pianos are returning to Chicago's parks. The "Pianos in the Parks " program to inspire neighborhoods to make music will run until Aug. 1. The pianos will ...