Southern Illinois highway named for fallen Green Beret
HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) – A roadway through a rural stretch of southern Illinois has been named for a 33-year-old Green Beret killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2008. On Saturday, friends and community members gathered at an American Legion post in Highland to dedicate the stretch of highway that was the final leg…
Studies: Illinois’ fixed-tuition law drives up others’ costs
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Researchers say an Illinois law that locks in tuition rates for in-state students appears to have the unintended effect of driving up tuition for out-of-state students and fees for all. The law, which took effect in 2004, guarantees that a student starting as a freshman at a state university will pay…
Pensioners SUV fired-bombed while she drove to church Sunday morning
A 70-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after her vehicle was fired-bombed while she was driving. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the woman was driving to church around 10:45 Sunday morning when three men pulled up alongside her in a Monte Carlo, with Illinois plates, near Riverview Boulevard and Orchid Avenue. That…