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Prince's Family Suing Quad Cities Hospital
Prince's Family Suing Quad Cities Hospital (Moline, IL) -- Prince's family is suing one of the Quad Cities' largest hospitals for not properly treating his 2016 overdose. The singer's family filed the...
Apr 24, 2018 Derek Wolfgram / CC
Gov. Rauner meets executives of Continental Tire at world headquarters in Germany
HANOVER, Germany (Apr. 23, 2018) - Gov. Bruce Rauner today visited the world headquarters of Continental Tire in Hanover, Germany, to meet with company leaders and discuss support for their growing op...
Apr 24, 2018
Oakland Man Sentenced
An Oakland man was sentenced to 13-years in prison for sexual conduct with underage girls. 62-year-old Timothy Clapp pleaded guilty to one charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Anoth...
Apr 24, 2018
Accused Waffle House Shooter's Father May Not Have Committed Crime
Accused Waffle House Shooter's Father May Not Have Committed Crime (Pekin, IL) -- Prosecutors in central Illinois say the father of the man accused of killing four people at a Tennessee Waffle House m...
Apr 24, 2018
U.S. Senator John McCain Home From Hospital
U.S. Senator John McCain Home From Hospital (Phoenix, AZ) -- U.S. Senator John McCain is out of the hospital and back at his Arizona home. The six-term Senator underwent surgery due to an intestinal i...
Apr 24, 2018 Medill DC / CC
Lincoln Log Cabin Herb Workshop
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic site will offer a workshop on growing culinary herbs Saturday, April 28th at 10:00 a.m. Cost is $35.00 per person, includes light refreshments, a study guide, seeds an...
Apr 24, 2018
American Hero Challenge in Oakland
The American Hero Challenge comes to Oakland's Pioneer Village May 26th. It's a 5k obstacle course race to honor our police, fire and military personnel. Proceeds will benefit the Feed My Starving Chi...
Apr 24, 2018
Former President George H.W. Bush Hospitalized
(Houston, TX) -- Former President George H.W. Bush is receiving treatment in a Houston hospital for an infection that spread to his blood. A statement from his spokesman says Bush was admitted to Hous...
Apr 23, 2018
Bridenstine Sworn-In As NASA Administrator
(Washington, DC) -- Jim Bridenstine is now the new NASA Administrator. He was sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence this afternoon at NASA's Washington headquarters. Bridenstine is a former Navy pilot...
Apr 23, 2018
EIU selects Newell as new library dean
(Charleston, IL) - Eastern Illinois University has named Zach Newell as its new library dean. Newell comes to EIU from Salem State University in Massachusetts, where he served in various library roles...
Apr 23, 2018 Zach Newell, Library Dean at Eastern Illinois University. Photo submitted by EIU.
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