Articles filed under Region
-
New report examines attitudes towards education as pandemic continuesMar 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Education Association, one of the largest teacher unions in the state, on Tuesday released its third annual state of education report examinin...
-
Skeletal remains found in southern Illinois field identifiedMar 23, 2021 7:00 am - PANA, Ill. (AP) - Skeletal remains found in a southern Illinois field near Pana were identified Tuesday as those of a 25-year-old man missing for more than a year. Dani...
-
Illinois officer justified in shooting of knife-wielding manMar 23, 2021 7:00 am - CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois police officer who shot a knife-wielding man four times when the man charged at him won't face charges in the shooting, a prosecu...
-
Indiana woman gets 32 years in husband's stabbing deathMar 23, 2021 7:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A Fort Wayne woman who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing her husband during an altercation in a parking lot has been sentenced to 32 1/2 years i...
-
Indiana governor lifting statewide mask mandate in 2 weeksMar 23, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor plans to lift the statewide mask mandate and remaining COVID-19 business restrictions in two weeks. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb s...
-
Damage from virus: Utility bills overwhelm some householdsMar 23, 2021 7:00 am - SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) - Millions of U.S. households are facing heavy past-due utility bills, which have escalated in the year since the pandemic forced Americans hunker...
-
Chicago man charged in DuPage with being armed habitual criminalMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man has been charged with being an armed habitual criminal, accused of having a loaded handgun while out on bond and on parole. DuPage County Judge Jeffrey Mac...
-
State sees largest shipment of vaccines as COVID-19 hospitalizations spikeMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - While Illinois health officials reported the largest single-day increase to the state's COVID-19 vaccine supply Tuesday, they also noted a significant spike in hospitali...
-
Lawmaker looks to lift ban on inmate votingMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would repeal an existing law that prohibits prison inmates from voting is working its way through the General Assembly, although the chief spon...
-
Pritzker signs economic equity packageMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of four bills Tuesday that made up the "economic access, equity and opportunity" pillar of the Illinois Legislative Bla...