Articles filed under Illinois
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Census delay creates redistricting uncertaintyFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers are required to draw new legislative and congressional district maps this year, but that process may be thrown into chaos because of del...
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The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theoriesFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe it was engineered as a bioweapon. Legit...
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Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading roleFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had unleashed a bioweapon emerged at the fringes of Chinese social...
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First slave freed by Lincoln buried under Peoria pavementFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - If the world were just, the name of Nance Legins-Costley would resonate amid the likes of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and other abolitionist r...
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Meteorologists predict bitter cold, snow for Valentine's DayFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Another round of bitter could and wintry weather is hitting Illinois. The National Weather Service on Sunday issued fresh winter storm warnings for south...
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Body of 62-year-old man recovered from central Illinois pondFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) - The body of a 62-year-old man was recovered from a pond in central Illinois, authorities said. Henry Umphryes of Vermont in Fulton County had bee...
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COVID-19 Cases dip to four-month low, but positivity rate inches upFeb 14, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials on Sunday announced 1,631 new confirmed and probable cases of the coronavirus, the lowest single-day total since early October, but also a slight ...
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Fuller family returns artifacts to Bucky's Dome HomeFeb 13, 2021 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Many people might not be excited to have two large ceramic dogs arrive at their home, but for the members of the R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Not-F...
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Chicago's bitter cold will change to something even colderFeb 13, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The bitter cold that has gripped northern Illinois for more than a week is about to give way to even colder weather. According to the National Weather Se...
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COVID-19 update: 53 more deaths, while 79,704 more get vaccineFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday reported 2,092 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 53 additional deaths. The rate of...