Articles filed under Illinois
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Missouri fugitive captured at Iowa bridge roadblockMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a man who escaped from a Missouri county jail was captured after officers blocked the vehicle he was driving on a highway bridge into...
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Illinois lawmakers, advocates want safer school routesMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers say the state should spend more money to make it safer for children to walk to school. Springfield Republican Reps. Tim Butle...
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Moline officials consider plan for upgrading city facilitiesMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - A report has found about $7.7 million in upgrades, repairs and replacements are needed for the city facilities in Moline. The report, which was prese...
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U of Illinois looking at 'significant reforms' to budgetingMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana wants to hire two administrators to help craft a campus budget approach and is holding campus-wide ses...
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Law enforcement urge end to Illinois budget standoffMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors and law enforcement officials criticized Illinois lawmakers and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday for failing to pass a stat...
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Data breach targets Illinois State University payrollMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - An apparent information breach at Illinois State University allowed someone to divert the direct-deposit payroll payments of more than a dozen facult...
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Food trucks scope out new territory in CarbondaleMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Food truck vendors are getting ready to roll into Carbondale following approval of an ordinance allowing them to operate on certain public proper...
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Rockford schools could save $!M on bus fuel costsMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The Rockford School District could save more than $1 million on fuel to run its buses this year. Officials say the cost of diesel fuel has dropped ...
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Ferrara Candy closes Winona plantMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - WINONA, Minn. (AP) - The candy company that makes Lemonheads, Red Hots and Atomic Fireballs plans to close its plant in Winona. One-hundred-24 employees at Ferrara Candy...
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NGA relocation decision pushed back a weekMar 02, 2016 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - The decision on where in the St. Louis region to relocate the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is being pushed back a week. The announcement was ...