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McDonald's Says Sales Down in January
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) -- McDonald's Inc. says a key sales comparison edged down in the U.S. in January, but results were stronger in the rest of the world.
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Could State Universities Turn to Borrowing?
Colleges and universities are screaming about late state government dollars, but what are the options?
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Group Says Higher Tobacco Tax Good
An anti-tobacco group has a report out Wednesday touting the benefits of a higher cigarette tax.
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Rare Earthquake Rattles Northern Illinois
FIRST REPORTED 5:50 a-m 2/10/10 CHICAGO (AP) -- A small pre-dawn earthquake has hit northern Illinois, startling sleepy-eyed residents as far away as Iowa and Indiana, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.
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Snow Arrives, Gusting Wind is Next
CHICAGO (AP) -- The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for essentially the entire top third of the state and is forecasting accumulations of 12 to 14 inches of snow in northern Illinois by Wednesday morning.
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Proposed Budget Savings Presented at District 205 Board Meeting; Officials Rip State for Millions Still Owed
UPDATED 1:02 p-m 2/9/10 The Galesburg School District is still waiting for more than $2-million in payments from the state, and officials say that's the reason big changes are being proposed to the new fiscal year budget.
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FIRST ON WGIL: GREDA, WIEDP Explore Joining Forces
POSTED 11:50pm 2/8/10 They'll, for now, remain separate entities, but the two area economic development groups are, in a sense, becoming one.
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Usual and Unusual in Last Week's Primary Election
For the most part, a local political science instructor says last Tuesday's primary elections were odd even by Illinois standards.
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IL Universities Make Plea for State Money
CHICAGO (AP) -- Public university presidents say they're worried about making payroll and depleting their schools' reserves because the state isn't giving them the money they've been promised.
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Man Says He Was Asked to Kill Drew Peterson's Ex-Wife
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- A witness at Drew Peterson's hearsay hearing contends he was asked to kill the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's third wife but he turned the offer down.
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