PATOKA, Ill. (AP) – A coroner says three adults and two children have drowned in southern Illinois after the vehicle they were riding in was swept away and sank in a rain-swollen creek. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon says the swift moving East Fork Creek carried the car off a low-water bridge near the town…
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The nascent medical marijuana business in Illinois is off to a slow start with fewer than 4,000 approved patients. That hasn’t kept away a cadre of cannabis entrepreneurs who once relied on guns, badges, tough drug laws and lengthy prison sentences to fight the drug. The Associated Press has identified no…
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) – A federal report obtained by The Associated Press shows that the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak that killed 12 residents of an Illinois state veterans home this summer and sickened dozens was likely spread by an aging water system at a 129-year-old facility that lacked several safeguards. The Centers for Disease Control report…
CHICAGO (AP) – New York-based FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings have filed separate lawsuits against Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a day after she declared daily fantasy sports betting illegal in the state. FanDuel filed its lawsuit Thursday in Illinois’ Sangamon County along with Head2Head Sports LLC, a season-long fantasy contest operator. DraftKings filed suit Thursday…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Malcolm Hill had 21 points, including a basket that ended a scoreless drought of nearly 9-1/2 minutes, and Illinois held off Missouri 68-63 in the annual Braggin’ Rights game on Wednesday night. Kendrick Nunn had 19 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double for Illinois (8-5), which has won five…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) – A tentative contract agreement between U.S. Steel Corp. and the United Steelworkers union won’t prevent the company from temporarily shutting down its Granite City plant. Local union official Dave Dowling tells the Belleville News-Democrat (bit.ly/1mfH9jD ) that the preliminary deal announced Saturday won’t affect the planned idling of the St.…
( KTRS ) Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has granted clemency to seven people and denied another 247 requests. In a released statement, Rauner’s office says each person who received clemency has been subject to a recent criminal background check. The grantees include two people who were convicted of burglary – including one case from 1978.…
BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) – A former southwestern Illinois teacher has pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse involving eight victims. The guilty plea by 28-year-old Jason E. Ehlers of Bethalto came Monday in Madison County Circuit Court. Ehlers was a teacher in the Triad School District when he was charged in April 2014 with 10 felony…
( KTRS ) A man and a woman have been charged in the death of an Illinois man whose body was found in the trunk of their vehicle after a police chase. Police discovered the body of 45-year-old Roderick Taylor of Collinsville,IL. on Thursday night after a vehicle driven by 31-year-old George Tillman of Belleville,IL.…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois will stop giving the ACT college entrance exam and instead start giving high school juniors the rival SAT. The Chicago Tribune reports the company that offers the ACT has filed a protest with the state seeking to cancel Illinois’ contract with the College Board, which offers the SAT. State records show…