Articles filed under Illinois
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Ex-treasurer of Illinois town gets 4-year sentence for theftJun 13, 2018 7:00 am - BENTON, Ill. (AP) - The former treasurer of a southern Illinois city has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for embezzling more than $300,000 from the city over a fou...
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Follow the steps of Abraham Lincoln's courtship of Mary ToddJun 13, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - This is for anyone who wants to know about the days when the Great Emancipator was the Great Romancer. In a news release, the Abraham Lincoln Pr...
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Officials say Danville officers killed gun-wielding driverJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say police officers in eastern Illinois fatally shot a man when he didn't drop a gun after they stopped his vehicle. Th...
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DeKalb man convicted of killing girlfriend sentenceJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man convicted of beating and stabbing his girlfriend to death and then hiding her body in a closet has been sentenced to 60 yea...
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Illinois elementary school to drop Woodrow Wilson from nameJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - School officials in central Illinois have decided to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from an elementary school and instead honor the area's first black ...
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Ferry moving cars from Sabula, Iowa, to Savanna, IllinoisJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - SABULA, Iowa (AP) - A car ferry from Iowa to Illinois is up and running as residents wait for the opening of a bridge connecting the two states. The Tele...
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Illinois becomes 30th state to adopt Uniform Bar ExamJun 11, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has become the 30th state to adopt the Uniform Bar Exam allowing state attorneys to more easily practice in other states. State Supreme...
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Illinois seeks more bids for Lake Shelbyville resortJun 11, 2018 7:00 am - SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - State officials plan to reopen bids for a resort along Lake Shelbyville in central Illinois. A Department of Natural Resources spokesman tells T...
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Former city commissioner, son dead in S. Beloit shootingsJun 11, 2018 7:00 am - SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (AP) - Officials say a former city council member in northern Illinois and his son died in a weekend shooting. Robert Stone was shot and killed by his...
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Western Illinois University sees enrollment declineJun 11, 2018 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Western Illinois University officials are considering how to address the university's declining student enrollment. The Quad-City Tim...