http://www.bnd.com/news/state/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat State 60 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:59 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389998.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389998.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:23 CDT About 1,000 people were evacuated from Harrah's St. Louis Casino and Hotel this morning after a fire started inside an exterior wall. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/390195.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/390195.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:11 CDT State officials say the number of deaths in work zones along Illinois highways is down because of strict enforcement. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/390307.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/390307.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:10 CDT Construction on one of the largest highway repair projects in Missouri history is struggling to stay on schedule as workers have had to battle one of the wettest springs in recent memory. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389920.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389920.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:48 CDT A volunteer firefighter was killed after being struck by a fireworks mortar during a city Fourth of July display along the Mississippi River. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/390089.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/390089.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:06 CDT Hundreds of mourners have attended a wake for slain Chicago police officer Richard Francis. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389888.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389888.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:33 CDT Construction on one of the largest highway repair projects in Missouri history is struggling to stay on schedule as workers have had to battle one of the wettest springs in recent memory. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389814.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389814.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:41 CDT Authorities in Kane County say a West Dundee has died after being run over by her own car. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389611.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389611.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:36 CDT Police say they've filed an arrest warrant for the husband of a Waukegan woman who was stabbed once in the chest before collapsing in a hotel lobby. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389825.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389825.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:55 CDT Chicago police say a man was shot and killed early after checking on noises coming from a vacant unit in his southwest side apartment building. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389286.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389286.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:08 CDT Barack Obama found a receptive audience Saturday at the African Methodist Episcopal Church convention, where he reinforced his message of service, sacrifice and active faith. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389507.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389507.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:48 CDT Navy veteran Howard Arthur Monical has served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389763.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389763.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:01 CDT A man suspected in Chicago bank robbery reportedly slit his throat with a box cutter as police were moving in to arrest him. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389700.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389700.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:12 CDT The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than $2.3 million in individual disaster assistance grants has already been approved for Illinois residents affected by the recent flooding. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389723.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389723.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT The last of the Mississippi River navigation locks that were closed to barge traffic because of flooding have reopened. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389733.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389733.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT For more than 20 years, parts of a skeleton have sat forgotten in a basement closet at Southeast Missouri State University. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/388754.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/388754.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:40 CDT A mentally disabled woman was held against her will and forced into prostitution to pay off the debt of her cousin who had handed the woman over to her captors, federal documents allege. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/388845.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/388845.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:04 CDT Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Niles say a 64-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after she was struck by a go-cart while watching a Fourth of July parade. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389181.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389181.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:48 CDT Illinois State Police are blaming a small flock of ducks for a three-car accident that blocked a major highway near the Chicago suburb of Palatine. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389098.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389098.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT For Helen Stoeckel, fireworks heralding the birth of the nation will mark a personal milestone. The Livingston County native turns 90 today, and dozens of family members from across the country will help her celebrate. http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389078.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/389078.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:17 CDT The image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot on her television screen was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind when the mother ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning them to lock the door behind her.