Tonight the St. Clair County Public Building Commission and County Board are set to send MidAmerica Airport down a new path. They are expected to approve a contract with Teqflor, a company that plans to fly flowers three times a week from South America to here.
Accidents happen. And so learning that Cahokia Mayor Frank Bergman fell down the steps on the job in 2005 and hurt his leg at first glance seems like just an unfortunate event.
Horse racing finished ahead of the casinos last week when the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the law that diverts some of the casino's earnings to the tracks.
After the marathon legislative overtime session last year, state lawmakers made it a point not to repeat that craziness and adjourned on May 31 on schedule.
When you don't win, take them to court. That seems to be the way to resolve disputes, rather than to admit you should have been better prepared, or that you were outmaneuvered, or that you didn't deserve to win.
Justin Kuehn, the attorney for murder suspect Jon E. Cearlock, is hoping a longshot argument will keep his client from being retried on a murder charge.
June 11 marks the 45th anniversary of the day when Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to try to prevent two black students from enrolling.
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