Articles filed under Illinois
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Automatic voter registration plan draws cheers, concernsOct 18, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Senate Democrats say automatic voter registration - you're put on the rolls when you get a driver's license or state ID - would be more...
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Larsen Manufacturing owners learn from family leadersOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - Dave and Denis Larsen, fraternal twin brothers who co-founded Larsen Manufacturing in Mundelein, know how a family business can succeed, be acquired, and even rise up ag...
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Waukegan teacher accused of having sex with studentOct 17, 2015 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A music teacher at a Waukegan middle school is accused of having sex with an underage student. Thirty-three-year-old Briana Travis of Mundelein was...
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Ex-Illinois police chief faces new theft charges in IowaOct 17, 2015 7:00 am - DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - A former Scales Mound, Illinois, police chief convicted of theft earlier this month faces additional theft charges in eastern Iowa. The Telegraph He...
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U of Illinois gives fewer raises amid state budget impasseOct 17, 2015 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois' campus in Urbana-Champaign gave out nearly $2 million in raises to 210 professors and administrators this year. That's...
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Community college pays out severance to departing presidentOct 17, 2015 7:00 am - CARTERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois community college will pay its outgoing president $290,000 in severance pay at a time when it faces a budget shortfall. The ...
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Chess teacher who fought off attacker says class is still onOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - MORTON, Ill. - A 75-year-old chess instructor who fought off a knife-wielding man threatening to kill children at a central Illinois library says this week's attack will...
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Director of Springfield's Abraham Lincoln museum resignsOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has resigned following years of disagreements with the head of the state age...
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Police: 2 teens killed after crashing stolen van in MadisonOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - MADISON, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say two 16-year-old boys died in a high-speed crash involving a stolen vehicle in southwest Illinois. The Belleville News -Democrat (htt...
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Man's Burlington murder trial rescheduled for MarchOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - A trial has been rescheduled for a 44-year-old man accused of killing a Burlington resident. The Hawk Eye reports (http://bit.ly/1RMetZS ) that M...