U of I president being offered contract extension, pay raise
CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois President Tim Killeen is being offered a new contract that extends his tenure four years and boosts his annual compensation by about 40 percent. The contract would extend his presidency to
Ex-priest gets 9-year prison sentence for child pornography
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A former southern Illinois priest who pleaded guilty last year to distributing child pornography and processing methamphetamine has received a nine-year prison sentence. Gerald Hechenberger, who formerly pastored Holy Childhood Catholic Church in