SIU Board of Trustees expected to approve tuition freeze
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WJPF) — When they meet next week, the SIU Board of Trustees are expected to approve a tuition freeze. It would apply to undergraduate and graduate programs at both the Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses and
Man says he has coronavirus, sprays store with disinfectant
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Police are searching for a man who caused thousands of dollars of damage in a Walmart in suburban Chicago by spraying disinfectant while wearing a surgical mask and a sign on his back
1 dead, 2 sick from Legionnaires’ at Illinois senior center
CHICAGO (AP) — Health officials say an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a suburban Chicago senior living center has left one elderly resident dead and two others sickened. In a news release, the Lake County Health Department
Ban proposed on red-light cameras, heart of bribery scheme
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Red-light enforcement cameras would be banned in some suburban Chicago communities under legislation that won House committee approval Wednesday. The measure is sponsored by Rep. David McSweeney, a Republican from Barrington Hills. It
Illinois man admits to stealing millions from investor
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who portrayed himself as a heavyweight in the Las Vegas sports gambling scene has pleaded guilty to defrauding an investor out of about $9.6 million. Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Gorodetsky, of Northbrook,
Illinois officials: 1 noncitizen voted in registration error
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois officials say at least one non-U.S. citizen voted after an error in the state’s automatic vote registration system mistakenly registered over 500 people who said they weren’t citizens. Secretary of State Jesse White’s