Articles filed under Illinois
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Unused tornado relief money to fund new home, other projectsDec 02, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A foundation that handled money for relief efforts after a 2013 tornado tore through the central Illinois community of Washington plans to use so...
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Appellate court upholds $9.85 million to woman struck by busDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois appellate court has upheld the award of nearly $10 million to a woman who lost her legs after being struck in 2015 by a Champaign-Ur...
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Police seek information about deer carcass dumpingDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) - Conservation police are seeking the public's help after someone illegally dumped up to 10 deer carcasses in southern Illinois. The Effingham Daily...
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4th person dies after Interstate 55 accident in IllinoisDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - HAMEL, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police say a fourth person has died more than a week after a major crash on Interstate 55 in southwestern Illinois. Twenty-year-old Tor...
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New Mexico jury acquits Illinois man in 2003 killingDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico jurors acquitted an Illinois man who was arrested 12 years after a 2003 killing, with the jury foreman saying the testimony of a key witne...
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Teacher who stopped shooter speaks about her experienceDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois mathematics teacher who helped subdue a freshman student who shot another student has been honored and is talking about her ac...
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Springfield man convicted again in mother's stabbing deathDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Springfield man has been convicted again of killing his mother after a state appeals court vacated his 2012 conviction on a technicality. ...
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Illinois man pleads no contest to stabbing death in HiloDec 01, 2017 6:00 am - HILO, Hawaii (AP) - A 37-year-old Illinois man has pleaded no contest to allegations that he stabbed a 49-year-old woman to death two years ago in Hilo. Curtis Q. Hodges...
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Lawsuit challenges Illinois abortion-coverage expansionNov 30, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - More than a dozen groups and lawmakers who oppose abortion have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law providing taxpayer-funded abortions. The T...
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Peoria Farm Show has traditional, cutting-edge offeringsNov 30, 2017 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The Greater Peoria Farm Show bills itself as the largest indoor agricultural showcase in Illinois. This year is no exception. The (Peoria) Journal St...