Articles filed under Region
-
Indianapolis air pollution falls as virus keeps people homeApr 18, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - As the novel coronavirus spreads across central Indiana, Hoosiers are holed up in their homes to wait out the pandemic. And, much like other cities a...
-
Indiana farmers get ready to plant amid lower grain pricesApr 18, 2020 7:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Wabash Valley farmers are beginning to prepare fields for planting despite facing a downturn as grain prices fall amid the coronavirus pandemic....
-
Childcare workers caring for emergency workers' kidsApr 18, 2020 7:00 am - CARTERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Lori Longueville, director of Child Care Resource and Referral at John A. Logan College, and her staff have been busy. 'œWe have been working no...
-
Fund helping to feed county during COVID-19 restrictionsApr 18, 2020 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Northeast Community Fund staff have been adapting in a time of uncertainty. The organization has seen demand skyrocket during the coronavirus outbr...
-
125 new COVID-19 deaths, but telehealth for recovering at home now available statewideApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - State officials on Saturday reported 125 new deaths from the COVID-19 virus, tying a mark for the most deaths within a 24-hour period that first was set on Thursday. Th...
-
Police: Chicago man charged in coronavirus-related attackApr 17, 2020 7:00 am - A Chicago man who allegedly punched a nurse on a city bus after accusing her of trying to give him the coronavirus by coughing on him has been arrested on a felony batte...
-
Chicago cites developer, contractors in coal plant implosionApr 17, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A developer and two contractors overseeing the destruction of a defunct coal plant's smokestack that covered a southwest side neighborhood in dust face ne...
-
Madison County officials fired for alleged dirt-diggingApr 17, 2020 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Top officials of Madison County in southern Illinois have been fired for allegedly improperly accessing emails and other data for political pur...
-
Indiana Gov. Holcomb to extend stay home order to May 1Apr 17, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The executive stay home order for Indiana that expires Monday will be extended to May 1 as planning is underway to reopen parts of the state's econom...
-
2nd teen charged in death of man pushed into Chicago trainApr 17, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man was ordered held without bond Friday after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of a former Marine who was allegedly pushed f...