Articles filed under Illinois
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Officials to accept campsite reservationsDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- It might not feel like camping weather, but state officials say they'll soon start taking reservations for the 2010 camping season. The Illinois Departmen...
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Once homeless, woman finds future in nursingDec 24, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- Snow, sleet, rain and freezing temperatures were in the forecast when the Rev. Linda Butler left South Side Mission in Peoria and drove to Springfield on the l...
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Two men fatally shot in PeoriaDec 24, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- Police in Peoria say they are investigating the city's 15th and 16th homicides of the year -- the shooting deaths of two 54-year-old men in a parked minivan. P...
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4 arrested with stolen goose decoysDec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - CANTON -- Authorities in Fulton County say they have arrested four people for allegedly stealing several dozen valuable goose decoys. The Fulton County Sheriff's Departm...
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Ill. House forms task force on job creationDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House is forming a task force to concentrate on creating jobs in Illinois. Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie will chair the panel which will...
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Local home sales soar, up for third straight monthDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Extraordinary government efforts to stabilize the housing market are paying off. What happens when the help runs out is anyone's guess. Sales of previously ...
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Absentee ballots available beginning ThursdayDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- If they want, Illinois residents can add absentee voting ballots to their last-minute Christmas lists. Absentee voting for the primary election starts Thu...
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Unemployment extension helps thousands in IllinoisDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Their unemployment benefits will continue to receive them following a two-month extehousands of Illinois workers on the verge of exhausting tnsion passed by Congress. Pr...
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Federal officials try to ease Thomson safety concernsDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - STERLING -- Federal officials tried on Tuesday to allay fears that moving terror suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a rural western Illinois prison could make the st...
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Census: Illinois remains 5th largest state but may lose 1 representativeDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Texas gained more people than any other state in the 12 months ended July 1, with 478,000 new residents, and Florida and Nevada now have more people moving out than movi...