What ‘Economic Development’ Means to You
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:15:20 -0700
Two of the most misunderstood words—when used together—in the English vocabulary are ‘Economic Development’.
Central point guard headed to prep school
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:39:26 -0700
Bobo is gone. Antonio “Bobo” Drummond, a junior basketball point guard, has enrolled in a prep school in northwest Indiana and will not attend Peoria High this fall. He enrolled last week at La Lumiere School in LaPorte, Ind.
Prep Spotlight: Stults' hat trick lifts SHS soccer team
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:28:16 -0700
QUINCY — Jake Stults scored three goals Saturday to lead the Springfield High Senators past the Quincy Notre Dame Raiders 4-2.
Suspect arrested in Nucor Steel theft case
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:44:42 -0700
DECATUR, AL (WAFF) - Decatur Police arrested a Texas man for stealing $68,000 worth of scrap metal from Nucor Steel. Police say George Costello stole the scrap metal from the business in May earlier this year.
Houston man arrested in Illinois after Decatur crime, police say
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:31:11 -0700
Decatur police arrested a man they believe stole more than $68,000 worth of scrap metal from a Decatur business in May, police said.
Prosecutions wins points as trial for 1968 murder draws nearer
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:50:03 -0700
DECATUR - The prosecution won two victories Monday in the caseagainst John Joynt, charged with the 1968 murder of a Blue Moundgas station attendant.
Madigan in Decatur to promote Internet safety initiatives
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:50:02 -0700
DECATUR - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan visited Decaturon Monday to promote tools designed to help teachers deal with suchpreviously unimaginable phenomena as cyberbullying, onlineexploitation and sexting.
Boys Golf Preview: Players to watch and team info
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:44:17 -0700
Here are two golfers to watch during the boys fall season. Click inside and scroll down for profiles on Central State Eight and Area teams.
Stranz's youngest team looking to prove itself
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:42:04 -0700
CHARLESTON - The simple math was there a year ago when Charleston used a senior-dominated lineup to when an IHSA Class 2A boys' soccer regional. "I knew this was coming," coach Paul Stranz said. "People asked me about next year.
Sexual assault care providers meet to help build working relationships
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:30:02 -0700
DECATUR - Decatur Memorial Hospital's Sexual Assault NurseExaminers recently gathered with members of other disciplinesinvolved in caring for sexual assault patients for the firstmeeting of the Macon County Sexual Assault Response Team.
Recreation briefs: Special Olympics: Bobell, Swartz each get gold medals
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:29:47 -0700
Springfield's Marcy Bobell and Eric Swartz, who compete for Special Olympics Illinois Area 17, each won a gold medal in swimming at the USA Special Olympics National Games held July 16-24 in Lincoln, Neb.
Decatur man sought in sexual assault case found in Pennsylvania motel
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:40:06 -0700
DECATUR - A Decatur man who fled the state after he allegedlysexually assaulted a woman in Decatur in June was arrestedWednesday in a Pennsylvania motel.
US Marshals Track Down Wanted Decatur Man In Penn.
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:28:28 -0700
Decatur, IL- US Marshals have arrested a Decatur man wanted for a violent sexual assault in Pennsylvania. Marshals tracked down 35 year old Trinity Payne at a motel in Harwood Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
U.S. Marshals arrest Decatur man in Pennsylvania
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:51:17 -0700
DECATUR -- A Decatur man who fled the state after he allegedlybattered and sexually assaulted a woman in Decatur in June wasarrested Wednesday in a Pennsylvania motel.
Man admits Ponzi scheme in Decatur area
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:42:03 -0700
PEORIA -- A LaJolla, Calif., man, William Huber, 61, appearedpleaded guilty to operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi fraudscheme for more than a decade in the Decatur area.
Guilty plea in $15 million Illinois Ponzi scheme that scammed 300 investors
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:26:58 -0700
William Huber pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a multimillion Ponzi scheme in the latest example of investment advisers bilking their clients.
Calif. man pleads guilty in $15M Illinois scheme
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:58:10 -0700
A California man has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing more than $15 million from a group of about 300 people in central Illinois through a long-standing Ponzi scheme.
State of the city schools
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:18:25 -0700
There have been brief flashes of success — Eisenhower basketball with Lewis Jackson and Jeremy Robin-son and MacArthur football’s recent back-to-back playoff appearances stand out as recent athletic glory.
Nailbiters win Gus Macker 3-on-3 tourney again
Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:49:03 -0700
Four former Central State Eight Conference players who battled each other in high school crossed paths in the Top Women’s Division, while squads from Peoria and Decatur duked it out for the title in the Top Men’s Division.
New U.S. attorney faced jail in '60s civil rights struggle
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:10:43 -0700
Seldom does a top federal prosecutor have a resume that includes three arrests. But Jim Lewis, the new U.S. attorney for the central district of Illinois, will tell you jail time can be part of fighting to make sure the U.S. Constitution applies to every citizen.
