Articles filed under Illinois
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Trooper indicted in freeway wreck that killed 2 sistersMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE _ An Illinois State Police trooper was indicted on reckless homicide charges Friday after grand jurors found his freeway speeds said to top 120 mph were exces...
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Tollway reform measures gain initial supportMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Commuters would be notified once they've accumulated three toll violations under legislation approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee. The propo...
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Illinois House members side with newspapers in photo battleMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Newspapers would be free to take and sell as many pictures as they want of high school athletes at state championships under a proposed law an Illinois Hou...
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Rezko roundupMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A regular look at sidelights from the Antoin Rezko trial by Daily Herald Staff Writer Rob Olmstead. Cook County Connections Tony Rezko has long enjoyed a cozy relationsh...
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Charges will be dropped against mom who left child in carMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Charges will be dropped against a woman who briefly left her 2-year-old daughter alone in the car to take her two older daughters to pour coins into a Salvation Army ket...
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Man, woman indicted, accused of sexually assaulting twinsMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. -- A federal grand jury indictment accuses a Wisconsin man and an Illinois woman of taking sexually explicit photographs of the woman's 6-year-old twin gir...
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Leaders sample drinks before voting on themMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers cracked down on alcoholic energy drinks Wednesday even as some cracked open a few. An Illinois Senate committee voted 8-2 to require st...
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Illinois water quality probedMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is expanding its water quality monitoring to determine the possible presence of pharmaceuticals that could exist in state wa...
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Man charged in threats against studentsMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Virginia man is behind bars charged with making online death threats against a University of Illinois student and others, referring to the Virginia Tech shootings. U.S...
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Beck testifies on Rezko's sway with boardMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - It was a day of some contradictions Wednesday in the trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko Wednesday, with a wiretap recording seemingly incriminating the defendant, followed by ...