The number of traffic stops across Illinois has dropped by nearly 6 percent and the number of ticketed motorists has dipped about 11 percent, according to a published report Sunday. The Chicago Tribune analyzed state data on traffic tickets from …
A judge who was assigned to hear all of the asbestos cases in her southwestern Illinois county was stripped of those cases after it was revealed her campaign committee received $30,000 in contributions from area law firms specializing in asbestos-related …
A jury in southwestern Illinois is deliberating how much in damages should go to a man who claims he suffered permanent disabilities in a crash involving a pizza-delivery driver he says was driving too fast. The (Alton) Telegraph (http://bit.ly/roYbys ) …
A southern Illinois grain elevator operator has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. The Belleville News-Democrat reports 47-year-old John Kniepmann of Breese in Clinton County pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud Monday in U.S. District Court in East …
A northwestern Illinois company has gone out of business and paid nearly $270,000 in federal fines after two teenage workers suffocated in a July 2010 grain bin accident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday. Two workers – 19-year-old …
Workers filing on-the-job injury claims at just a dozen state institutions clustered in southern Illinois collected nearly one-third of the total $127 million awarded in recent years for permanent impairment under Illinois’ troubled workers’ compensation system, the Associated Press has …
A group of former and current technicians for Comcast Corp. has accused the company of discriminating against black employees and giving black customers cable boxes infested with bugs. The group sued Comcast Monday in federal court in Chicago, Ill. The …
Mothers Against Drunk Driving has given Illinois its highest rating for the state’s efforts to combat impaired driving. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says he’s glad the organization has recognized Illinois “as a national leader in the fight against …
An explosion has flattened one home in Chicago, burned others and sent two people to the hospital with serious burns. Chicago police and fire officials say a woman in her 50s and a man in his 40s were seriously burned …
Matthew J. Nielsen has joined Des Plaines, Illinois-based Founders Insurance Company, a member company of the Utica National Insurance Group, as commercial claims manager. In addition to supervisory responsibilities, Nielsen will also collaborate with senior management in the development of …