News on Illinois

Illinois judge rules against Catholics on foster care

2011-08-18T17:00:58Z

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (Reuters) - Illinois can sever ties to Catholic charities that provide foster and adoption services for the state if the groups discriminate against unmarried and gay couples when placing children, a judge ruled on Thursday.

Catholic charity groups had ...

Family Law

2010-11-02T21:18:37Z

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Requirements to Become Foster Parents in Illinois

2010-09-30T21:44:19Z

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And a Child Shall Need Them

2010-06-12T15:26:49Z

“A dead child.”

Nothing sounds worse. We expect boundless energy, tantrums, infectious smiles. But not death. Death is for the old, the decrepit, the sick, those who have already lived.

Which is why the tale of almost 80 children, from 2001 to 2004, who died while associated with Clark County’s Child Welfare System, is hard to comprehend. When you get into the details, when you hear the s...

Superman's Hometown Labor Strife

2010-12-20T14:01:53Z

In this Dec. 9, 2010, photo white crosses lset up by locked-out union workers at a Honeywell plant in Metropolis _ the adopted southern Illinois hometown of Superman _ represent former workers the union says died of cancer. The plant, which helps turn radioactive uranium into eventual fuel for nuclear power. lo...

Oakland Mich Illinois Basketball

2010-12-08T19:32:34Z

Illinois' guard Brandon Paul (3) loses the ball after a block by Oakland (Mich.) guard Reggie Hamilton (23) during the first half of an Mississippi River in Alton, Ill. Illinois, desperate for relief from its budget woes, is considering a massive casino expansion that experts say could leave neighboring states playing for smaller stakes and could even squeeze out some of the competition from within. Ill...

UNLV Illinois St Basketball

2010-12-01T19:33:53Z

UNLV's Derrick Jasper (5) and Tre'von Willis (33) race to a loose ball ahead of Illinois State's Tony Lewis (34) during the first half of an NCA...

Purdue Southern Illinois Basketball

2010-11-26T20:31:48Z

Southern Illinois head coach Chris Lowery, right, talks to Mamadou Seck against Purdue at the 5th annual Chicago Invitational (Basketball) Challenge in Hoffman Estates