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SIU Evacuates Dorms In Dead Of Night Due To Bomb Threat
Three residence halls at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale were evacuated overnight, following a bomb threat.
2 Chicago Area College Students Drown After Crash Near Carbondale
Two women, ages 20 and 21, both from the Chicago area, drowned early Sunday when the car they were in went into a lake near the southern Illinois town of Carbondale.
Amtrak: Freight Trains Delay 99 Percent Of Chicago-To-New Orleans Runs
Amtrak has filed an official complaint against Canadian National railway for regular delays on the route from Chicago to New Orleans.
Weeklong Faculty Strike Ends At SIU
The weeklong strike by faculty at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is over.
Amtrak Train Gets Stuck For 3 Hours Downstate
Some Amtrak train passengers were quite literally stuck in the middle of nowhere Tuesday, after a fuel problem stalled a train headed from Chicago to Carbondale.
Amtrak’s Chicago-Memphis-New Orleans Service Resumes
Amtrak’s City of New Orleans train resumes service over its full route Saturday, following nearly a month of service disruptions due to flooding north of Memphis, Tenn.
SIUC Wants To Recruit More Female Students
Southern Illinois University is looking for a few good women.
Poll: Most Think Illinois Heading In Wrong Direction
A new poll finds that 81.3 percent of Illinois voters say the state is headed in the wrong direction.
Most Popular News
- Jail Inmate Charged With Previous Murder, Shooting In RobbinsA Cook County Jail inmate faces new charges in connection with a 2012 murder and a separate 2011 shooting in south suburban Robbins, the Cook County Sheriff’s office announced Saturday.60
- Teen Hurt In Little Village ShootingA 14-year-old boy was shot in the arm Saturday afternoon in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood.86
- Man Charged With Videotaping Women In Hospital WashroomA poorly secured cell phone in a west suburban hospital washroom that a man had allegedly set up to secretly videotape women in the toilet area was discovered by a woman when the phone fell to the washroom floor on Friday. She alerted police, who then arrested and charged a 49-year-old Franklin Park man with unlawful videotaping.156
- Young Man Shot Outside Old Orchard Shopping CenterA young man was wounded in a shooting in north suburban Skokie Friday night, outside the Old Orchard Shopping Center.227
- 3 Dead, 8 Shot In Citywide ViolenceThree men were killed and at least eight other people were wounded in violence around the city since Friday night.167
- Orange Line Service Resumes After Train-Pedestrian IncidentCTA commuters were temporarily stymied on the Orange Line during the Friday rush hour after a train fatally struck a man on the tracks.401
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