Articles filed under Illinois
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More money for schoolsJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - State education officials announced funding for several fast-growing school districts across the state. The grants, which total $7.5 million to 43 schools, are specifica...
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See art for free next monthJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Art lovers are in luck. The Art Institute of Chicago is offering free general admission for the entire month of February. Institute officials say when the weather is at ...
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Soldiers to attend speechJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Sen. Dick Durbin says he will host two wounded Illinois soldiers at President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday. Durbin's office says Spc. Christopher Gross of...
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Trading jabs on the radioJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - All four of the Democratic candidates in the 14th Congressional District squared off in two meetings Thursday, first at the taping of a Chicago radio show and later at a...
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Court: Mundelein can't fine railroad for letting train block streetsJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Train delays may be a common headache among suburban motorists, but local communities' efforts to diminish them may have been derailed Friday. In both a M...
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Photo with insider puts Clinton on spotJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton's attempt to tar Barack Obama over his ties to an indicted fundraiser threatened to backfire on the eve of South Carolina's crucial primary. A photograph...
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Campaigns getting help from friends cleared by ClintonJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- One of the last things Bill Clinton did as president was wipe out Richard Wilson Riley Jr.'s 1993 felony drug convictions from South Carolina. Today, Rile...
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State's attorney confirms grand jury in Peterson caseJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - For the first time, the Will County state's attorney confirms a grand jury is investigating the disappearance of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson's fourt...
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Bogus confession? Debate about serial killer's admission ragesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Police Chief Tim Mendenall in Mount Vernon suspected serial killer Timothy Krajcir gave a bogus confession last month to a 1981 knife attack that sent another man to pri...
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Auditor: Government lags on measurements for Great Lakes toxinsJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The federal government is running behind on developing ways to measure highly toxic chemicals in the Great Lakes that accumulate in fish, creatin...