Articles filed under Illinois
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More than 4,500 get shots in hepatitis A outbreakJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND -- Twenty-two people got sick and more than 4,500 people received preventive shots during a hepatitis A outbreak that crossed from Illinois into Iowa. Rock I...
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FutureGen pays record price for last piece of landJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - MATTOON -- The companies planning to build an experimental coal power plant in eastern Illinois have improved the fortunes of one local family. The FutureGen Alliance re...
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Downstate man jailed for attack on wifeJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A judge has sentenced a southwestern Illinois man to 24 years in prison for breaking into his estranged wife's bedroom, then raping and kidnapping her be...
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Casinos want Blago lawsuit sent to trial judgeJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Four casinos want the judge presiding over Rod Blagojevich's corruption case to take control of a lawsuit that accuses the former governor of making deals to get campaig...
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Quinn returns from Iraq, AfghanistanJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Just back from visiting U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gov. Pat Quinn has ways Illinoisans can help military families. Quinn wants citizens to donate their unused ...
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Ill. National Guard unit off to IraqJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A Springfield-based Illinois Army National Guard unit has headed off to Iraq. Around 20 soldiers from the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment recently completed their...
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U. of I. trustees are reviewing admissionsJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - University of Illinois trustees are conducting their own internal review of the influence of money and political power on student admissions. At the start of their regul...
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Obama's seat race could cost Senate some diversityJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - When Illinois chooses a new senator next year, voters will decide not only who wins an election but whether the overwhelmingly white U.S. Senate loses some of its divers...
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Experts agree: Cell phones, driving don't mixJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Reports of controversial new statistics confirming the dangers of gabbing on cell phones while driving don't surprise the experts who respond to accidents. Data from the...
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Ex-teacher sentenced for having sex with studentJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A former southwestern Illinois teacher must serve two years of probation and register as a sex offender as her sentence for having sex with one of her st...