Articles filed under Illinois
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Judge puts restraining order on abortion lawNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an a...
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Police find 1,500 pounds of pot in truck pulled over near ChampaignNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Illinois State Police found 1,455 pounds of marijuana inside a rental truck that was pulled over in rural Champaign. Authorities say the driver gave officer...
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Quinn aide quits; no reason givenNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn won't say why one of his top aides is stepping down. Quinn's office confirmed Monday that Deputy Chief of Staff Carolyn Brown Hodg...
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Archer Daniels Midland profit falls on weak demandNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit tumbled 53 percent as the global recession dragged down demand for crops and ethanol, ...
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Wallace drops out of Senate raceNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Republican candidate has dropped out of the U.S. Senate race, saying he wants to avoid splitting Illinois conservatives. Businessman Eric Wallace said T...
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Ill. reactor shut for maintenanceNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - MORRIS -- One of two nuclear reactors at Exelon Corp.'s Dresden Generating Station has been shut down to begin scheduled refueling and maintenance work. An additional 1,...
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U. of I. leads new Army computer centerNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The U.S. Army is financing a new research center at the University of Illinois to develop technology for computer networks used on battlefields and in other...
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Fate of state's abortion notification law unclearNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - It's unclear if Illinois will start enforcing a hotly debated abortion notification law this week after all. After decades of legal wrangling, it appeared the law requir...
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Report: Problems continue at VA hospitalNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - A federal report shows inconsistencies with reporting deaths at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital. The report comes more than two years after the facility ha...
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Jim Ryan to kick off run for governorNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan will file candidacy petitions to run for the Republican nomination for governor. Ryan's campaign issued a news r...