Watson News

A Flora man is lucky to be alive this afternoon after the oil tanker he was working on exploded south of Effingham.

An assistant football coach at EIU was killed and six other persons injured in a single vehicle accident Saturday night on I-57 just south of the Watson interchange.A State Police say the accident occurred at 7:43 pm when an SUV driven by 43 year ld Penny Hoover of Charleston swerved to avoid a deer in the northbound lanes of I-57 and overturned ...

Here's a rundown as to who filed for legislative or judicial offices for 2010 in our area: In the state representative races, Republican incumbent Ron Stephens of Greenville was the only person to file in the 102nd District, and Republican incumbent David Reis of Willow Hill was the only person to file in the 108th District.A In the 109th District, ...

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR TWO FAMILY WEEKEND CONCERTS FEATURING a oeSTYXa AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.A THE CONCERTS ARE SET FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, WITH PERFORMANCES AT 6PM AND 8PM.A A ADMISSION TO LANTZ ARENA WILL BE 20 DOLLARS.A ALL SEATS RESERVED.A TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED WEEKDAYS BETWEEN 9AM AND 3PM WEEKDAYS AT THE UNION TICKET ...

The race for the 51st District Senate Seat is starting to rev up. Republican Senator Kyle McCarter, who was named to replace retiring Senator Frank Watson several months ago is running for election to the seat he now holds.

Monday Overeaters Anonymous: 3:30 p.m. at Senior Services Center, 330 Grove St. in DeKalb; 815-758-4718. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:45 p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meeting at St.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of area police departments.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law a package of bills creating Illinois Jobs Now, a $31 billion program aimed at renovating the state's infrastructure system.

Even as it girds for large cuts in state funding, the City Colleges of Chicago has released its biggest budget yet, more than $500 million to fund the district for the next year.

Editorial - Unparalleled and Denied - NYTimes.com : "In an appalling 5-to-4 ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed aside compelling due process claims, the demands of justice and a considered decision by a lower federal appeals court to deny the right of prisoners to obtain post-conviction DNA testing that might prove ...

In an appalling 5-to-4 ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed aside compelling due process claims, the demands of justice and a considered decision by a lower federal appeals court to deny the right of prisoners to obtain post-conviction DNA testing that might prove their innocence.

A Supreme Court decision increases the risk that the wrongly convicted could be kept behind bars.

Better for you to die wrongfully in a vote-wealthy state-sanctioned murder than obtain true due process.

Tom Feddor has the lowest vehicle license plate number in Illinois on his Range Rover.

Tribune transportation columnist John Hilkevitch wrote a fascinating piece last week about how a glitch resulted in South Loop real estate agent Tom Feddor getting repeatedly ticketed for parking violations he didn't commit.

Be careful when you're traveling in rural areas today...what wasn't underwater last night might be underwater today.

He was determined to understand their impact on crops and to explore new control techniques to benefit farmers.

Rainboo said in the KTVA Anchorage Forum:

I keep forgetting how perfect our court system is, how a innocent man can be found guilty. So, presumed innocent until proven guilty - once found guilty you lose your rights for a DNA test? No DNA test should convict either then. DNA testing is NOT a perfect science, it's our excuse to convict without question but not excuse if we've made a mistake?

Thursday the United States Supreme Court ruled inmates don't have a right to try and prove their innocence through DNA testing after being found guilty.

Joel Pineiro pitched until he could pitch no more, writhing on the ground in front of the pitcher's mound, cramping uncontrollably.