Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Eighty tables at $800 a table, with the guest list a sports smorgasbord of familiar faces, made SIU Arena the place to be Sunday night.
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News (Pantagraph)

EUREKA -- Two Central Illinois residents lost their lives Monday in separate accidents in Woodford County.
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News (Pantagraph)

SPRINGFIELD -- A measure intended to reduce the high cost of doctors' malpractice insurance is moving to the floor of the Illinois Senate. The bill would give the state power to approve premium increases.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION -- Saturday was a day for kids in Marion. Many activities planned for and concerning children took place throughout Marion.
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Illinois settles for Big Ten split with Iowa (Peoria Journal Star)

CHAMPAIGN - Illinois eliminated Iowa from the Big Ten baseball race, but the Hawkeyes didn't let the Illini clinch the title either after a doubleheader split Saturday at Illinois Field.
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Irish, Tigers vie for Illinois defensive end (The State)

NOTRE DAME’S NEW football coach, Charlie Weis, is trying to restock his talent pool with some of the best players in the country, and he is competing with Clemson for one of those targets.
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Lady Knights honored at Capitol (Peoria Journal Star)

SPRINGFIELD - The record-breaking Peoria Richwoods girls basketball team toured the Illinois State Capitol on Monday and accepted lawmakers' formal congratulations for a perfect season that ended with a state championship.
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Scrapping way into the CICL (Peoria Journal Star)

Going into their first baseball season, the East Peoria Scrappers are living up to their name. As the season opener approaches, the new entrant in the Central Illinois Collegiate League is trying to scrap together some name recognition in the community.
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Blue Cross to pay families $3,000 each for infant helmets (Chicago Sun-Times)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois has agreed to pay $3,000 each to about 50 families who were forced to pay for infant cranial helmets that are used to correct misshapen skulls.
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Florida State beats Illinois to advance to quarterfinals (Plainview Daily Herald)

. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed."/> Florida State beat fifth-seeded Illinois on Saturday to advance to the NCAA men´s tennis quarterfinals.
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Yo, fish! It's a 124-pounder (Chicago Sun-Times)

Yo, fish! It is the biggest fish story in Illinois history. The battle between Tim Pruitt and a 124-pound blue catfish began below the Melvin Price Locks and Dam on the Mississippi River at Alton at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
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AAA Chicago Monthly Fuel Gauge Report Reflects Slight Decline in Prices (The Auto Channel)

AURORA, Ill., May 23 -- The statewide average for gasoline in Illinois and Northern Indiana has dropped from last month's averages. AAA Chicago's most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that for May 2005, Illinois motorists will pay an average of $2.15 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. That's down 16 cents from a month ago but is 8 cents higher than gas prices for this time last year. In
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GAMBLING EXPANSION (WAND)

Gambling and pensions have become the focus of a variety of Illinois officials trying to influence the new state budget. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley issued a statement renewing his call for a city-owned casino in Chicago.
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Business briefs (Northwest Indiana Times Business)

Truck drivers from around the state will test their skills at the Illinois Trucking Association's Professional Truck Driving Championship competition on June 10 and 11 at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. The event is free and open to the public.
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Former Penney shoe manager says he was fired for having HIV (KVIA)

NILES, Ill. A former shoe department manager at a suburban Chicago J-C Penney store says he was fired because he's H-I-V positive. Joseph Manasse is suing Plano, Texas-based Penney in Illinois for more than seven (M) million dollars in damages.
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LINCOLN FACTS (Courier-Post)

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. The son of a frontiersman, Lincoln was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Ky. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois Legislature and rode the circuit of courts for many years.
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Police: IL Mayor Hit By Drunk Driver (WFIE-TV)

A 25-year-old woman is charged with drunken driving, in connection with a hit-and-run accident that left the mayor of Lockport, Illinois hospitalized. Lockport police say Melissa Serafini of Burbank also is charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
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Are governor, legislators 'getting close' on slots? (Daily Herald via Yahoo! News)

SPRINGFIELD - A formal plan to put slots at Arlington Park could emerge today, the president of the Illinois Senate told reporters late Sunday.
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Unions push their pension ideas (The State Journal-Register)

Unions representing Illinois teachers and state government employees are pushing an alternative to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's proposed pension changes that would retain current benefits while providing cash to the underfunded systems.
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Heritage Bank will open June 6 (Peoria Journal Star)

PEORIA HEIGHTS - Heritage Bank of Central Illinois will officially open its doors June 6 at the new Heritage Square complex.
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