Articles filed under Illinois
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SIU, historic group reach settlementDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and the Ulysses S. Grant Association are parting ways, meaning a historic collection of papers is going to Missi...
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Mayor says governor stayed out of Hoffman Estates dealDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Hoffman Estates officials said Thursday they've been spared any political shakedown efforts by the governor or his aides as they await his signature on an ...
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U of I scraps wind-turbine plan to save moneyDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois has scrapped a plan to erect an energy-generating wind turbine on its Urbana-Champaign campus because it needs the money elsewher...
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Jackson Jr. denies he was involved in schemeDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. flatly denies he and his brother were involved in a scheme to get him a Senate seat in a deal with scandal-tainted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. ...
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Woman pleads not guilty in DUI deathsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - MORRIS -- A 43-year-old woman charged with drunken driving in the deaths of a central Illinois family has pleaded not guilty. Ann Marie Getz of Ransom appeared in Grundy...
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Blagojevich still not leavingDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich ducked questions for a third day as President-elect Barack Obama and top officials grappled with clearing the pungent stench of corruption that is t...
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Illinois AG promises to act soon against governorDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' attorney general threatened again Thursday to go to the state Supreme Court to have embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he doesn't ...
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Thompson: Blago hurts Ryan's bidDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson says current Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest hurts the chances of a presidential commutation for another former governor, George Ryan. Th...
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Quinn opposes special Senate electionDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, who stands to become the state's chief executive if Gov. Rod Blagojevich quits or is impeached, urged his fellow Democrat Thur...
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Patti Blagojevich's family rallies to her defenseDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Patti Blagojevich's father, sister and brother are refuting the foul-mouthed portrait that's been drawn of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife since his arrest, saying ...