Articles filed under Illinois
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Renovation of Dick Van Dyke's childhood home ramping upApr 07, 2017 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Work could begin this summer to restore actor Dick Van Dyke's childhood home in eastern Illinois. The News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2o7uP9h) ...
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Ex-East St. Louis Township official gets 5 years for fraudApr 07, 2017 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Saying he could think of "nothing worse than taking from the indigent," a federal judge sentenced a former East. St. Louis Township official ...
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Suburban members of Congress on U.S. missile strike on SyriaApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - "Last night's cruise missile strike sends a clear and measured message to Bashar al-Assad that his horrific, unacceptable and illegal use of chemical weapons against inn...
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Walkable map of Illinois lets kids check out their stateApr 06, 2017 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Western Illinois University Professor Christopher Sutton is teaching geography with a walkable map. Sutton introduced an interactive map of Illinois ...
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Reckless homicide reversed in Illinois firefighter's deathApr 06, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois appeals court has tossed the reckless homicide conviction of a truck driver accused of causing a wreck that killed a firefighter res...
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Rockford sues pharmaceutical company over price of drugApr 06, 2017 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Officials in Rockford in northern Illinois are suing in federal court a pharmaceutical company they say forced the city to pay $500,000 for a speci...
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Winds crack glass on Chicago building; some streets shutApr 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - High winds are blamed for cracking glass on a high-rise building in downtown Chicago, prompting police to close some nearby streets. No injuries were repo...
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Rush to break ground Monday in Oak BrookApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - DuPage County and Rush University Medical Center officials are expected to break ground Monday on a new $65 million outpatient medical building at 2011 York Road in Oak ...
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Danco takes over Bluegrass Music Center workApr 05, 2017 7:00 am - OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - An Evansville, Illinois construction company has been replaced as the general contractor for the International Bluegrass Music Center in Owensboro....
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17 Illinois school districts suing state over fundingApr 05, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Seventeen Illinois school districts claim in a lawsuit that the state has failed to adequately fund public education. Superintendents for the ce...