Articles filed under Illinois
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As Senate hearing set for Kavanaugh, new accuser emergesSep 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Just as negotiators reached agreement on an extraordinary hearing for Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, a second allegation of sexual misconduct by the ...
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EXCHANGE: First black teacher in white school talksSep 23, 2018 7:00 am - SAVOY, Ill. (AP) - Two World Wars. Prohibition. Brown v. Board of Education. The end of segregation. To elementary students as young as those at Champaign's Booker T. Wa...
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University of Illinois to study African-American enrollmentSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois plans to conduct a survey to study the drop in African-American student enrollment. The university had 475 black students ...
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EXCHANGE: Police officer, barbers team up to help kidsSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - What started out as an idea to offer free back-to-school haircuts morphed into a community party along Clear Lake Avenue in Springfield recently...
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EXCHANGE: Memorial marks Hamm children's' drowningSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - Every one of the about 5,500 days that have passed since three young siblings drowned in Clinton Lake have been difficult but small things can bring...
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Group marks Potawatomi Trail of Death from Indiana to KansasSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) - This month marks 180 years since over 850 Potawatomi Native Americans were forcibly removed from their homeland in northern Indiana. Many walked ...
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Police say northern Illinois school threat report was hoaxSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) - Police say a woman called in a false threat of a gunman that prompted dozens of officers to search for the suspect and place several schools on lo...
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Southern Illinois' Du Quoin State Fair sees attendance dropSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) - Officials say attendance at the 2018 Du Quoin State Fair in southern Illinois dropped by 8 percent from last year. Organizers say the 11-day fair a...
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Illinois farmers see healthy beginning to harvestSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Crops are maturing more quickly in Illinois this year compared to 2017, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency...
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Man sent to hospital after parachute catches on powerlineSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - An Illinois man skydiving in northern Colorado was sent to a hospital after his parachute became entangled on a powerline. The Daily Times-Call re...