It was free, custom-fitted bike helmets for all Gilson Brown Elementary School students in the house Wednesday, compliments of a pediatrician’s organization and a local hospital. “I love them; they are comfortable. It was wonderful they brought them to the …
An assisted living center has been cited with 17 safety and health violations after a nurse practitioner allegedly was hurt in a needle stick incident. Paradise Park Assisted Living center in Lake Zurich was cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety …
Delta Sigma Phi says it will rebuild a fraternity house at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., that was destroyed by fire last month. Mark Zappa is a fraternity brother who manages the building for the fraternity’s national group. Zappa …
The community around Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., is stepping up to help two dozen students after their fraternity house was damaged in a fire. WJBC Radio reports that two Normal restaurants are holding fundraisers for the Delta Sigma …
A rural health educator in east-central Illinois has launched a program to help improve farm safety. The program involves creating detailed, computer-generated maps of farms that show things like power-turnoffs, fuel tanks and chemical containers. The maps are placed in …
A jury in southwestern Illinois has awarded $3.7 million to the family of one of two construction workers killed in a trench collapse more than three years ago. Thirty-seven-year-old Ron Yankey of Ellis Grove and a 48-year-old co-worker died in …
A suburban Chicago priest who also serves as an Indy race car chaplain has been accused in a federal lawsuit of child sex abuse. The alleged victim, who is now in his 40s and living in Maryland, contends the Rev. …
A southwestern Illinois teenager faces up to four years in prison and the prospect of paying nearly $1 million in restitution for damage resulting from a Wal-Mart fire he admits setting last fall. The Telegraph of Alton reports that 17-year-old …
Federal workplace safety officials are trying to pinpoint what caused a reported explosion and flash fire that injured three people at a southwestern Illinois ethanol plant. Madison Fire Chief Jeff Bridick says at least one of the victims of the …
The Illinois House is considering a plan to scrap the state’s much-criticized workers’ compensation system. That means workers and employers would have to battle in court over each injury and whether the worker should be compensated. Legislation ending the system …