Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois student pushes for service animals inside labsAug 26, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A University of Illinois student is pushing for service animals to be allowed into science labs. Student Joey Ramp and psychology professor Justin Rh...
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State responses to #MeToo lean toward transparency, fairnessAug 26, 2018 7:00 am - The #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct has prompted many state legislatures to reconsider their internal policies and state laws on the issue. Although about half...
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EXCHANGE: Barred at state level, runner is national championAug 26, 2018 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - East St. Louis track and field athlete Willie Johnson remembers well the feeling of disappointment of not being able to compete at the IHSA b...
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EXCHANGE: At 95, Washington jeweler not slowing downAug 25, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Foster Jewelry has been a central Illinois fixture for 67 years, and its 95-year-old owner is not showing any signs of slowing down. With a lou...
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Decades-old statues find new home at Indiana churchAug 25, 2018 7:00 am - SOUTH HAVEN, Ind. (AP) - Decades-old statues that dotted the property of the Mantellate Sisters Servants of Mary Villa Santa Maria Convent in Tinley Park, Illinois, rece...
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Gunfire near Illinois football game sends fans running awayAug 25, 2018 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A high school football game in northern Illinois was halted after the sound of gunfire outside the stadium sent hundreds of spectators running away...
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EXCHANGE: Teen's charity promotes recycling sports equipmentAug 25, 2018 7:00 am - NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A teenage world traveler from Naperville is too young to open a bank account, but already has collected something priceless to many kids in need:...
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Medical marijuana companies expanding Illinois facilitiesAug 25, 2018 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Marijuana growers across Illinois are expanding, despite years of lower-than-expected demand in the state's medical cannabis pilot program. The facil...
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How Black Hawk, chief of the Sac and Fox, battled for his Illinois homeland, and lostAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - First, let's get his name straight. It was Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak. In English, he was Black Hawk, war chief of the Sac and Fox tribe, who lived most of his life in th...
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Dumpster falls and crushes man to death in East St. LouisAug 24, 2018 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A man painting a waste container at an East St. Louis, Illinois business was killed when the container fell on him. Kenneth J. Woltering of C...