As General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC seek a multibillion-dollar lifeline from the federal government, many Illinois companies and workers are holding their breath. The state's stake in Detroit is huge: Illinois ...
That still meant making difficult choices -- including closing some sites that have strong ties to President Abraham Lincoln even as the state prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth -- Historic Preservation Agency ...
Joseph Bertrand, SterlingHe signed a letter of intent with Illinois last week, but Bertrand figures he still has much to accomplish at the high-school level. The 6-5 senior doesn’t put up huge scoring numbers (14.3 a game last season), ...
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Juice also is closing in on another 100-yard rushing game (he's got 89 yards after picking up 85 in the third quarter). He'd tie Howard Griffith, Chubby Phillips and J.C. Caroline for 10th place on the school's career chart with seven ...
The veterans all gave the new kids on the block an uproarious welcome a week in advance of the Illinois high school basketball season’s tip-off. But Taylor, the sixth-year Quincy coach who is the undisputed champion at the roast-like ...
Rod Blagojevich says Illinois residents should know he didn’t want to shutter seven state parks and a dozen historic sites, but he needed to make the closings to balance the budget. Blagojevich put out the statement Sunday, ...
De Soto will have its dinner from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the De Soto United Methodist Church, 209 W. Lincoln St.; Marion's will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Ministerial Alliance building, 103 E. Calvert St.; and Mount Vernon's will ...
As fans filled the Du Quoin High School gym to welcome the team home, John Lincoln summed it up: "It was an exciting game. As hard as they played, to lose it in the last 30 seconds was heartbreaking. But they have nothing to be ashamed ...
This sculpture sits outside of the Illinois Department of Revenue (Willard Ice) Building on Jefferson. My junior prom was held in this building that, although kind of interesting and modern, is apparently a complete crap hole and ...
