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What to know about the basketball coaching changes for 3 Springfield-area schools
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJan Braden has two decades of coaching experience. This will be his first stint as a varsity head...
Illinois-based Akorn announces sudden closure, layoffs, prompting state investigation
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Illinois Department of Labor is investigating after leaders of Gurnee-based Akorn Operating Co. shocked 400 workers Wednesday with news that the drug company was shuttering and they would ...
50 Years Ago, a Historic Tornado Outbreak began Right Here in Central Illinois
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTOLONO, Ill. (WCIA) – 50 years ago, a historic tornado outbreak began right here in Central...
Explosion and fire injures 8 workers at Illinois soybean processing plant
Associated Press via AOL· 8 months agoSix of the eight injured workers were taken from the scene by ambulance with the “extent of injuries unknown,” Battalion Chief Wade Watson with the Decatur Fire Department said in a statement ...
Chief: 2 officers wounded, suspect dead in Illinois shooting
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo police officers conducting a traffic stop in a central Illinois city were shot and wounded early Wednesday by a motorist who died after officers returned fire, police said. The officers ...
Illinois investigating drugmaker Akorn's abrupt closure
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoState labor officials are investigating an Illinois-based pharmaceutical company’s decision to abruptly close all of its operations, including its out-of-state locations in New Jersey, New York ...
Illini Legends, Lists & Lore: This day in Illini history
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoOct. 15—Forty years ago on Sunday — Oct. 15, 1983 — the Illini football team defeated Ohio State for the first time in 17 years, capitalizing on a five-play, 83-yard drive for a 17-13 victory ...
Jim Dey: Decades later, murder convictions challenged in Macon County
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 10—The murder of Karen Slover of Decatur was one of the most sensational crimes of the late 1990s in East Central Illinois. A beautiful young woman disappears, with her car containing her ...
