Articles filed under Illinois
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Western Illinois village looks for clarity on hog farmDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - CLAYTON, Ill. (AP) - Officials in a western Illinois village are attempting to determine whether local zoning rules prevent construction of a large hog breeding operatio...
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Body found in car trunk after St. Clair County crashDec 20, 2015 6:00 am - BROOKLYN, Ill. (AP) - Police in southwestern Illinois say they found a 35-year-old shooting victim's lifeless body in the trunk of a car that had just crashed into a pol...
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Half of Illinois grads entering community college need helpDec 20, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - New data shows about half of Illinois high school graduates going on to the state's community colleges need remediation in at least one subject....
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Organizers say moving Naperville marathon good for businessDec 20, 2015 6:00 am - NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Organizers of the Naperville marathon say moving the race to the city's downtown was good for business. They say last month's citywide marathon g...
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Donations pile up after Christmas toys stolen from ministryDec 20, 2015 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Members of the public have been stepping up with donations after a few hundred dollars' worth of Christmas toys were stolen from a ministry in so...
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Fire at Eastern Illinois energy center to be investigatedDec 19, 2015 6:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Eastern Illinois University officials say they will investigate the cause of a fire inside a three-story heat-recovery unit at the school's Renew...
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Iowa county's incomes recover faster than Illinois neighborDec 19, 2015 6:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Households in one of eastern Iowa's most populous counties have weathered the rough economy better than their counterparts in a neighboring Illino...
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Poet Nikki Giovanni headlines MLK Day program in AuroraDec 19, 2015 6:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - One of the nation's best known and most honored poets will headline a 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Day program in Aurora. Writer, activist, and Virgin...
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State watchdog investigating NIU President Doug BakerDec 19, 2015 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - A state watchdog agency has been investigating Northern Illinoi University President Doug Baker for months, and the university has paid tens of thous...
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Retired police captain dies in apparent accidental shootingDec 18, 2015 6:00 am - SWANSEA, Ill. (AP) - A retired East St. Louis police captain has died in an apparent accidental shooting. The Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1OAne5Q ) reports t...