Articles filed under Illinois
-
Enrollment down 3.4 percent at NIUSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - DEKALB -- Northern Illinois University officials say enrollment is down 3.4 percent, but they blame a sour economy for the drop, not a shooting rampage by a former stude...
-
Governor's ethics bill may be deadSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House has delivered a sharp rebuke to the governor by overwhelmingly voting to override his veto of an ethics bill. The override passed 110-0 ...
-
Priest suspended after cocaine chargesSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A Catholic priest on the University of Illinois campus has been suspended after being charged with selling cocaine from his church office and rectory. The Reve...
-
Downstate man charged in death of child, 5Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Madison County officials say a 35-year-old Cottage Hills man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's 5-year-old son. F...
-
Ex-SIU worker admits to theftSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- A former employee at Southern Illinois University has pleaded guilty to charges that accused her of using an SIU credit card to buy thousands of dollars wo...
-
House votes to lease Illinois lottery to finance constructionSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Wednesday approved a lottery lease to potentially finance billions in construction spending, reversed controversial budget cuts and u...
-
Feds set fish shipment rules for Great LakesSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Federal regulators trying to contain a fish-killing virus in the Great Lakes region have issued rules for shipping live fish across state lines t...
-
ABiCA means homegrown hip-hopSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Algonquin natives Brian Aureden (aka Hash) and Aaron Aleman (aka Tac) have known each other for virtually their whole lives. After entertaining friends with a number of ...
-
WIU officials upset MTV in town tapingSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - MACOMB -- Officials of Western Illinois University weren't happy to learn the Macomb Police Department failed to inform them that a film crew for an MTV reality show wer...
-
Lottery deal to be testedSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The fate of a potentially multibillion-dollar state construction-spending spree financed by leasing out the Illinois Lottery games could be decided by stat...