Articles filed under Illinois
-
Authorities: Skeletal remains belong to missing boy, 13Sep 23, 2017 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - Skeletal remains found this summer near a central Illinois home have been identified as belonging to 13-year-old Robert Bee Jr. who had been missing s...
-
War hero, WIU 'Leathernecks' legend, honored with statueSep 23, 2017 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The man behind the Fighting Leathernecks nickname at Western Illinois University will be memorialized in a campus statue. WIU associate professor Art...
-
Deputy shot; stopped vehicle sought after 2 police chasesSep 23, 2017 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy in northern Illinois has been shot and wounded in Rockford after stopping a vehicle that had been involved in earlier police cha...
-
Bat found near Kankakee church tests positive for rabiesSep 23, 2017 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Services at a Kankakee church have been moved after a bat found near it tested positive for rabies. The (Kankakee) Daily Journal re...
-
East St. Louis regains control over housing authoritySep 22, 2017 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - The city of East St. Louis has regained control of its housing authority after three decades, though it still has some federal oversight. The...
-
New Illinois law will let adults earn high school diplomasSep 22, 2017 7:00 am -
-
SIUE offering free tuition for info in racial slur caseSep 22, 2017 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Officials at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville are offering a semester's free tuition and fees for information in a case involving a ra...
-
Officials: Illinois motorist intentionally hit road workersSep 22, 2017 7:00 am - FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man faces felony charges after officials said he intentionally drove his vehicle into two road construction workers try...
-
Illinois woman creates exhibits honoring Vietnam veteransSep 22, 2017 7:00 am - CHESTER, Ill. (AP) - A woman in southwest Illinois has created a series of exhibits that tell the stories of soldiers who died or went missing during the Vietnam War. Ju...
-
Child safety-seat checks at 100 Illinois locations SaturdaySep 22, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Department of Transportation officials will offer child safety-seat checks at dozens of locations around the state on "National Seat Ch...