07/15/11 An attorney representing metro-east municipalities made a motion in federal court Thursday morning seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the Federal Emergency Management Agency from issuing final flood maps while a lawyer for the agency issued a motion to dismiss the case.
07/14/11 There is a section of Old Route 66 where Missouri and Oklahoma intersect. A turn here or a missed road there can take you from the Show Me state to the Sooner state or back again. Once crossing over into Oklahoma, barely across the Missouri border, far from the big cities such as Oklahoma City or Tulsa, you come across a string of small communities that make up the heart and soul of the Midwest ...
07/14/11 The Illinois Department of Transportation would like to alert motorists traveling Interstate 57 (approximately mile marker 78) of upcoming lane reductions. Beginning Monday, July 18, I-57 northbound will be reduced to one lane to allow highway contractors to begin outside shoulder work on the approaches to the bridge carrying the interstate over the Union Pacific Railroad. Upon completion of the ...
07/14/11 The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees granted approval Tuesday to issue bonds in the amount of $1.5 million to pay expenditures related to the purchase and implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning system. The board previously approved the purchase of the ERP system and the issuance of debt certificates to pay for costs associated with renovations and the purchase of software and ...
07/14/11 A southern Illinois jury has convicted a woman in the shooting deaths of two women in their West Frankfort home.
07/14/11 A Department of Homeland Security official says two Iraqis arrested in Kentucky for terrorism never appeared on a watch list. The reason is because the FBI did not put fingerprint information into databases used to flag potential security risks.
07/08/11 This series, presented by the Friends of the Dennis Public Library, kicks off at 2 p.m. April 29 , with a talk by the multi-talented mystery writer Peter Abrahams, who has more than 25 novels to his credit, including the best-selling Chet and Bernie mysteries.
07/05/11 The Statue of Liberty is comfortable in her new setting that was part of the original Benton Public Library plan. Board president Doris Heaton welcomed the multitude of patrons who crammed into the library Monday to celebrate July 4 and to re-dedicate Lady Liberty. Heaton said the Statue of Liberty replicas had reduced in number since 200 initial 100-inch statues were purchased by Boy Scouts ...
07/04/11 A welcoming committee of about 200 celebrated the homecoming of the newly restored Statue of Liberty replica Monday at the Benton Public Library.
06/29/11 Antioch/Lake VillaScholars: The Antioch Senior Center Council awards $1,000 Dolly Spiering and Florence Brown Scholarships annually to 8 very worthy seniors. They also become Honorary Senior Center Members which got quite a laugh. This years Antioch Community High School students include: Dominique Bessette, Rice University; Michelle Wojnarowski, the University of Illinois Urbana; Peter Beckman ...
06/29/11 BENTON TOWNSHIP - Two Illinois men were in the Berrien County Jail Tuesday charged with burglary after they allegedly broke into the Wireless Land store at 1974 Mall Place, Benton Township Police Detective Lt. Delmar Lange said.
06/29/11 The unemployment rate rose in 210 of the nation's 372 metro areas in May, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That's a sharp reversal from April, when unemployment rates dropped in 339 metro areas. Below are unemployment rates for cities in the Midwest: Metro Unemployment, Midwest Unemployment rates by state and city Figures in percentages May 2011 April 2011 May 2010 Illinois 9 8.6 10.1 ...
06/29/11 Contact: David Roberts, +1-202-693-5945, roberts.david@dol.gov; Joshua Lamont, +1-202-693-4661, lamont.joshua@dol.gov
06/28/11 A Christopher man was indicted earlier this month for making false statements to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, according to Stephen R. Wigginton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. On June 7, John Matthew Brower, 41, was indicted by the grand jury sitting in Benton.
06/22/11 Japan has cancelled a tsunami alert after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck in the north-east of the country, rattling the areas hardest hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami disasters. The Japan Meteorological Agency said this morning the latest jolt ...
06/17/11 Benton Police Chief Lance Charleson has resigned from his post due to medical reasons.
06/16/11 MUSEUMS Air Classics Museum: Air Classics Museum Open House , 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18. Tours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, by appointment only. Admission $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for children ages 6 to 18 and free for children younger than 6. At the Aurora Municipal Airport, 43W776 Route 30, Sugar Grove. Call (630) 466-0888 or visit airclassicsmuseum.org.Aurora ...
06/14/11 A homeless Southern Illinois man has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison after being arrested for viewing child pornography on a public computer on the campus of Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Ill.
06/14/11 A collision at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Illinois 14 and Illinois 184 in Franklin County sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries, Illinois State Police reported.
06/14/11 Dr. Ryan T. Stock is among 62 new physicians in the Class of 2011 who graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine on Saturday, May 21. He will enter an anesthesiology residency at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis in July. | 
