Articles filed under Illinois
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Trump traveling to Illinois steel mill amid tariffs disputeJul 23, 2018 7:00 am - GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - President Donald Trump will be visiting an Illinois steel mill that is boosting production as he faces opposition to his imposition of tariffs ...
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Lack of players forces Legion to suspend baseballJul 22, 2018 7:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - When Lloyd Meyer began coaching the American Legion baseball program in Arlington Heights in late 1940s, he thought that the program would...
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Museum expects to profit from Joliet prison toursJul 22, 2018 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - The Joliet Area Historical Museum is budgeting for a profit from tours and other income expected from the opening of the old Joliet prison. The priso...
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Legislation signed requiring protection for state workersJul 21, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to better protect state workers in vulnerable positions. The measure requires law enforcement ...
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EXCHANGE: For 122 years, observatory has demystified the skyJul 21, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - In 1896, when the University of Illinois Quad had only a handful of buildings, the school's new observatory was part of the original South Farms, jus...
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Illinois officials consider options to save muralJul 21, 2018 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A mosaic mural in western Illinois that once caused controversy for its depiction of a freed black slave is at risk of being destroyed. The Edw...
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Illinois National Guard troops return from AfghanistanJul 21, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Around 40 Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers based in Peoria have returned home from Afghanistan. A Friday statement from the Illinois National Gu...
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EXCHANGE: A family has deep roots in baseball and softballJul 21, 2018 7:00 am - BEECHER, Ill. (AP) - Beecher Muskies manager Fred LeSage still remembers Todd Sippel's first season with the Muskies. "He was 19 years old and couldn't hit a lick," LeSa...
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Illinois 200: Cahokia Mounds was 'America's first city'Jul 21, 2018 1:00 am - A gaggle of rambunctious fifth-graders scrambled to the top of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound to get a great view of the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis and burn off e...
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Northern Illinois man convicted of murdering sister-in-lawJul 20, 2018 7:00 am - HENNEPIN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has been found guilty of killing his sister-in-law and burying her body in a shallow grave. A Putnam County jury on Friday ...