Articles filed under Region
-
Students will be able to take excused mental health days beginning in JanuaryAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - Students in Illinois schools will be able to take up to five excused mental or behavioral health days beginning in January. State Rep. Barbara Hernandez, an Aurora Democ...
-
Governor sends ethics bill back to lawmakersAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An ethics bill that was hotly debated during the spring legislative session is headed back to the General Assembly with a request for a technical change, b...
-
Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quitsAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - A Nevada school board member said he had thoughts of suicide before stepping down amid threats and harassment. In Virginia, a board member resigned over what she saw as ...
-
After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistrictingAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - The Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission held numerous public hearings. It produced a report prioritizing redistricting criteria. Soon, the bipartisan panel will ca...
-
Indianapolis Symphony sets fall concert series virus rulesAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Patrons attending the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's fall concert series will have to show proof that they're vaccinated against COVID-19, althoug...
-
Statue of suffragist Marie Stuart Edwards goes up in PeruAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - PERU, Ind. (AP) - A statue of a top Indiana suffragist has been erected outside the library where she trained and organized other activists for women's right to vote. Th...
-
Indianapolis group wants sections of I-65, I-70 undergroundAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The construction of Indianapolis' 'œInner Loop'ť of Interstates 65 and 70 displaced 17,000 residents and demolished 8,000 buildings, The Indianapolis...
-
East St. Louis group, unions give teens chance to succeedAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Jordan Wade and Ja'Bryan Grissom are two teenagers taking traditional classes before joining the workforce. But Wade, a freshman at Southwest...
-
Teen killed in collision with train in southern IllinoisAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - PRAIRIE DU ROCHER, Ill. (AP) - A 16-year-old girl has died after the car she was driving was hit by a train in southern Illinois, according to authorities. Police said ...
-
Burial set for ironworker killed at Indiana steel millAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - Funeral services were being held Sunday for a 40-year-old ironworker killed at an Indiana steel mill earlier this month. Ryan Briney of Portag...