Articles filed under Illinois
-
Rockford-made machine to build parts for rocketsAug 04, 2018 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Ingersoll Machine Tools has built the largest machine of its kind in the world for world's richest man - Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who will use the e...
-
Hoopeston teachers learn self-care to aid student helpAug 04, 2018 7:00 am - HOOPESTON, Ill. (AP) - Teachers in Hoopeston (HUP'-stihn) schools are learning how to take care of themselves so they can take care of their students. The (Champaign) Ne...
-
Illinois 200: Lincoln the first president to make use of electronic mass mediaAug 04, 2018 1:00 am - FDR used the radio, JFK scored on TV and Donald Trump expounds on Twitter. But the first president to make effective use of electronic communications was Abraham Lincoln...
-
Springfield museum to debut 1908 race riot exhibitAug 03, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum will debut a new exhibit detailing the 1908 Springfield Race Riots. The exh...
-
Rear-facing restraint now required for Illinois infantsAug 03, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois children must ride in rear-facing child-restraint seats in automobiles until age 2 under a law Gov. Bruce Rauner signed. The Republican...
-
Springfield hosts 41st Bikers Roundup of black motorcyclistsAug 03, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Springfield, Illinois, is hosting as many as 30,000 motorcyclists this week for the 41st National Bikers Roundup . The (Springfi...
-
Illinois post office to be renamed for fallen Army sergeantAug 02, 2018 7:00 am - FAIRVIEW, Ill. (AP) - The family of a central Illinois man killed while serving in Afghanistan will join public officials for a ceremony to rename the local post office ...
-
Back pay checks sent out to 900 Illinois workersAug 02, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Checks have been sent out to more than 900 Illinois workers to cover back pay owed since 2011. Comptroller Susana Mendoza said the checks were i...
-
Arborist group moving headquarters from Illinois to AtlantaAug 02, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The International Society of Arboriculture has announced it is moving its headquarters from Champaign, Illinois, to Atlanta. The organization that...
-
Donor helping fraudsters, offshore bettors backs TrumpAug 02, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - One customer was a debt collector that threatened to jail people if they didn't pay back loans that they never took out. Another was an offshore gambling...