Articles filed under Illinois
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Correction: U of Illinois-Medical School storyOct 18, 2017 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - In a story Oct. 16 about scholarships for the first students accepted to the University of Illinois' new medical school, The Associated Press erroneo...
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Democrats running for governor hit Rauner, differ on marijuana, minimum wageOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Democratic gubernatorial candidates joined in piling on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner but differed on issues such as minimum wage, gun control and legalizing marijuana at...
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Stretch of Byron roadway named after fallen Marine.Oct 17, 2017 7:00 am - BYRON, Ill. (AP) - A stretch of roadway in the northern Illinois community of Byron is being named after a local U.S. Marine who was killed in combat in Afghanistan. Acc...
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Audit: $316,000 gone after Zeigler ex-treasurer indictedOct 17, 2017 7:00 am - ZEIGLER, Ill. (AP) - An audit has found that a small southern Illinois city's former treasurer who faces a federal indictment may have stolen nearly $316,000. ...
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Bond set for woman who crashed into pond, left son behindOct 17, 2017 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A judge has set $500,000 bond for a Cicero woman who faces drunken driving charges after authorities say she drove her vehicle into an Aurora pond, ...
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Historic bell returned to Springfield church after theftOct 17, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A century-old bell that went missing from a Springfield church earlier this month has been returned. The Rev. Don Goodenow of Bissell United Met...
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University of Illinois struggles with faculty retentionOct 17, 2017 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois continues to struggle with faculty recruitment and retention despite the state budget crisis subsiding. Interim Provost Jo...
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Illinois borrows $1.5B at reduced interest to pay down debtOct 17, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois made a payment on a colossal bill backlog Tuesday, borrowing money at a relatively low rate despite its worst-in-the-nation credit rati...
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Illinois sees teen traffic deaths drop by half in decadeOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is crediting a graduated driver's license law with a 51 percent drop in teenage-driver deaths in the past decade. T...
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Man wanted in Illinois charged with killing upstate NY womanOct 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a man wanted in Illinois has been charged with killing a 47-year-old woman in New York's Hudson Valley. Police in the city of Newbu...