Articles filed under Illinois
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Bipartisan work yields gun bills, fate rests with RaunerJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Legislation aimed at curbing gun violence - some of which wouldn't have stood a chance just a few years ago - won approval in the Illinois Gener...
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Illinois 89 bridge over Illinois River to open MondayJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - SPRING VALLEY, Ill. (AP) - Illinois transportation officials say that motorists on Monday will be able to start using a new Illinois 89 bridge over the Illinois River. ...
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Nurse pleads guilty to stealing opioid patches from patientsJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing opioid patches from terminally ill nursing home residents. The Pantagrap...
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Man convicted in 2014 death of Southern Illinois U. studentJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the February 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student. The jury returned the ve...
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Bloomington residents can take a ride in a 90-year-old planeJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Residents in the Bloomington area are getting the chance to ride in a 90-year-old airplane. The local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Assoc...
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Illinois officials to begin search for vendor to run resortJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - WHITTINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials have finished remediation efforts at a resort in the southern part of the state and will soon begin seeking a new vendor to r...
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Illinois county morgue smells, prompting calls for upgradesJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - The odor of decomposing bodies has renewed calls to replace a county morgue in northern Illinois. The Daily Herald reports the Kane C...
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Accident in Mississippi leads to suspect wanted in 4 statesJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (AP) - A couple linked to a string of robberies and carjackings in Florida and other crimes in Arkansas, Iowa and Illinois has been found in Mississippi...
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IDNR to auction off confiscated, abandoned itemsJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is auctioning off hundreds of confiscated or abandoned items including deer hunting tree stands, li...
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Woman gets 5 years for southern Illinois nursing home arsonJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) - An East St. Louis woman who set a nursing home where she worked on fire has been sentenced to five years in prison for arson. U.S. Attorney Donald B...