West Nile Virus Found in Illinois First Time
Field tests on mosquitoes in Palatine show a possible positive for West Nile virus. Health officials caution that more tests are pending to confirm the result. Earlier, two dead crows in Arlington Heights and Lombard tested positive, marking the first Illinois findings of the virus.
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Palatine
Tom Schafer
Illinois Department of Public Health
Arlington Heights
Lombard
Illinois
School flag protest leads to eight day suspension
Belleville Township High School East suspended senior Jason Scott for eight days after he protested a ban on Confederate flags in his auto shop class. Scott stood by a pole with an American flag and a Confederate flag plus a sign reading Heritage not hate. He said several classmates also had flags on their cars.
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Belleville
Belleville Township High School East
Jason Scott
Scott
Mount Prospect plant trims 400 jobs amid downturn
Manufacturers' Services Ltd fired 200 workers at its Mount Prospect plant on Thursday and plans to cut another 200 on Monday halving the facility's workforce. A company spokesman blamed the tough business climate in manufacturing. A Downers Grove case: Billy L. Warren, 50, of Stickney, charged with two counts of first degree murder in the 1978 stabbing deaths of Glenn Schulz and his wife Betty, both 52.
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Manufacturers’ Services Ltd
Mount Prospect
Downers Grove
DuPage County
Billy L. Warren
Stickney
Glenn Schulz
Schulz
Betty
Poorest Illinois schools have weakest teachers in test failures
Chicago Sun-Times analysis of 166000 Basic Skills tests since 1988 shows about one in five teachers in five districts failed, with fail rates high in poor minority schools. bilingual teachers face more waivers, sparking debate on certification tests and language proficiency.
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Illinois
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Harvey
Ford Heights
East St. Louis
Chicago Sun-Times
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Sun-Times
Arthur Wise
National Council For Accreditation of Teacher Education
Gary Orfield
Harvard
Disbarred Attorney Sentenced In Offshore Bank Scam
URBANA AP A disbarred Mattoon attorney Jeffrey Schnibben received a year in prison for his role in Omega Trust and Trading. Judge Mike McCuskey rejected a lighter term, calling Schnibben a last defense against Clyde Hood’s fraud. Hood led the scam that promised investors $5,100 on a $100 loan, with global lenders and 20 million total in alleged losses.
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Clyde Hood
Hood
Schnibben
Omega Trust & Trading
Earhart reenactor lands misdirected at MidAmerica
About 500 spectators gathered at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport to see Amelia Earhart reenactor Carlene Mendieta land. Air traffic control directed her to land on a military runway hidden from spectators, then she taxied to the civilian side amid disappointment. Officials blamed miscommunication and safety concerns for the public not viewing the historic crossing effort. Mendieta, 47, from Sonoma, aims to replicate Earhart’s 1928 cross country trip, visiting 23 cities before returning to New York next month.
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Mascoutah
MidAmerica St. Louis
Amelia Earhart
Mendieta
Periodontist
Sonoma
California
Earhart
United States
Bureau sheriff pleads guilty to election law violation
Bureau County Sheriff Greg Johnson pleaded guilty to election law violation and perjury after resigning. He received 30 months probation and restitution for personal phone calls and credit card use, with amounts to be set later. The plea dropped three other felony charges connected to a 1998 campaign raffle.
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Princeton
Bureau County
Greg Johnson
State Attorney General’s Office
Johnson
LaSalle County
Scott Madson
Stanley Jakala
Man pleads guilty to tearing raffle tickets in fundraiser
The defendant admitted tearing up raffle ticket stubs, the sole records of a fundraiser, telling the judge he understood his admission. The case concerns alleged violations of state election laws connected to the fundraiser.
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Madson
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