Illuminati Motor Works continues to power past checkpoints in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition that seeks to produce a new generation of fast, inexpensive, super
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency fails to properly regulate livestock farms, according a group petitioning to revoke the agency’s enforcement authority.Illinois Citizens for Clean Ai
On a cold October night in 1998, a 21-year-old gay college student in Laramie, Wyo., was beaten, tied to a fence post and left to die.Now, more than a decade later, Matthew Shepard’s murder cont
The small crowd that gathers in the parking lot of the Douglas County courthouse defies the November nip of the air and the wild winds that swirl around them. No one notices that the late afternoon su
The landmark ruling in the case of Kaleb Drew and Chewey could decide how other Illinois communities resolve issues surrounding students with disabilities and their service animals.The state’s s
Strip mining — a type of surface mining that involves excavating earth, rock and other sediment to uncover coal — has once again come under fire in central Illinois.Last month Illinois Att
Two dozen young students filed forward to receive their white coats at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine on Nov. 9. Not yet medical residents or even first-year medical students, thi
Ralph Caldwell begins his new job as director of the Metropolitan Computer-Aided Dispatch agency in Champaign County on Dec. 14, but city officials confirm that he’ll still be employed as chief
As Wal-Mart seeks to rebrand itself as the socially-conscious superstore, the effects of the retail giant’s changes remain to be seen.At a Nov. 10 press conference in the south Springfield Wal-M
When Roy Wilkerson saw an ad last summer offering four screening tests for stroke and related illnesses for a total of only $120, the 83-year-old Springfield resident thought: “Why not?” A