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Illinois Ponzi scheme fugitives caught in Arizona
Mon, 07 May 2012 07:56:47 -0700
A onetime Peoria couple convicted of fraud in a scheme than bilked investors of more than $1 million will be coming back to Illinois, 12 years after they disappeared just before a sentencing hearing.
Road Work Update: Construction will begin Monday on Airport Road at Interstate 474
Sun, 20 May 2012 18:46:37 -0700
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Journal Star publishes a weekly list of major road construction projects in the Tri-County Area.
Couple in Illinois Ponzi scheme caught in Arizona
Sun, 06 May 2012 23:27:39 -0700
Tonopah, Ariz. -- An Illinois couple who spent a dozen years on the run after fleeing a conviction for running a Ponzi scheme has been captured in a small community west of Phoenix, the U.S. Marshals Service said Sunday.
Couple who fled Illinois Ponzi scheme conviction caught in Arizona 12 years later
Sun, 06 May 2012 21:19:09 -0700
An Illinois couple who spent a dozen years on the run after fleeing a conviction for running a Ponzi scheme has been captured in a small community west of Phoenix, the U.S. Marshals Service said Sunday.
Pekin's West Campus Named Endangered Historic Place
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:51:16 -0700
PEORIA - Pekin's shuttered West Campus is on the list of Illinois' top ten most endangered historic places.
Saturday's AA prep girls track results
Sat, 19 May 2012 16:49:44 -0700
Here are Saturday's results in the class AA girls state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois: Class 2A
Friday's AAA prep girls track results
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:21:15 -0700
Flight 1 Preliminaries — 1, Savannah Carson, Naperville Neuqua Valley, 19-4 1/2. 2, Aliyah Harmon , Olympia Fields Rich Central, 19-2 1/2. 3, Parker English, Evanston, 18-4 1/2. 4, Micayla Collins , East St. Louis, 18-4 1/4. 5, Jasmine Brown , DeKalb, 17-10 1/4. 6, Uzo Okoro , Darien Hinsdale South, 17-9 1/2. 7, Claudette Day, Belleville West, 17-9 1/4. 8, Ebony Smith , Waukegan, 17-5 1/2. 9 ...
Saturday's AAA prep girls track results
Sat, 19 May 2012 16:06:25 -0700
Team Scores — 1, Edwardsville (H.S.), 51. 2, Belleville (West), 48.50. 3, Evanston (Twp.), 47. 4, Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East), 35.50. 5, Roselle (Lake Park), 27.50. 6, East St. Louis (Sr.), 27. 7, Naperville (Neuqua Valley), 25. 8, Plainfield (North), 22. 8, Bolingbrook, 22. 8, Belleville (East), 22. 11, Winnetka (New Trier), 21. 12, Oswego (East), 19. 13, Olympia Fields (Rich Central), 18. 13 ...
Illinois couple indicted after 12 years on run
Thu, 17 May 2012 16:27:44 -0700
A federal grand jury has indicted a Peoria couple captured after spending 12 years on the run from accusations they bilked investors out of about $1.7 million.
80 to graduate today from SIU Medical School
Fri, 18 May 2012 21:33:20 -0700
Springfield’s Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has no Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, and its research budget is small compared with larger and older medical schools. Those conventional measures of prestige, however, overlook a quality that puts SIU close to the top nationwide in fulfilling the “social mission” of medical education, according to Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan, who will ...