News Headlines for Albion, Illinois

Treasurer's plan a winner for State of Illinois retirees (Chicago Sun-Times)
Terry Savage: State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has proposed a reform to the state-funded pension system that will save more than $80 million a year in fees and costs that come directly out of the pockets of more than a quarter million state employees. The plan is to consolidate the investment management decisions of five large pension funds into one organization, called ILPERS, for Illinois ...

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Illinois faces Clemson in ACC-Big Ten Challenge (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Nov. 23, 2008--Illinois' Bill Cole (30) shoots over Jackson State's Jeremy Caldwell (44) during the second half of a game at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill.

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Missing Central Illinois woman found living in grain bin (The Pantagraph)
CANTON -- A 44-year-old Central Illinois woman who had been missing from a nursing home since September has been found living in a grain bin.

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Harrisonville teacher faces sex charges in Illinois (The Kansas City Star)
A Harrisonville teacher and assistant football coach faces two sexual assault charges in Illinois. Harrisonville-Cass school district officials said today they are investigating allegations against Geoff Dalton and cooperating with law enforcement.

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Storm-related wrecks kill 6 in Illinois (22 WSBT South Bend)
(AP) — At least six people died on Illinois roads left slick with snow and ice after this week's winter storm.

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Illinois, Purdue sophomores share Big Ten honors (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Illinois center Mike Tisdale shares Big Ten player of the week honors this week with Purdue guard E'Twaun (eh-TWAHN') Moore.

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Illinois Should Keep Legislation That Caps Medical Damage Awards, Retains Physicians In State, Editorial Says (Medical News Today)
Since Illinois in 2005 passed the Medical Malpractice Reform Act to put limits on medical damage awards, "[m]uch good has resulted," such as a more stable physician population and more accessible health care, but "those trends could be reversed" if trial lawyers succeed in a case against the legislation being heard by the Illinois Supreme Court, according to a Wall Street Journal editorial.

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New book sheds light on some uncommon names of Illinois towns (The Pantagraph)
BLOOMINGTON -- One of the beliefs of how Henpeck, Ill., received its name was that the local postmaster was “henpecked” by his wife during the late 19th century. | SLIDESHOW: The story behind Central Illinois city names

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Illinois State Univ. Execs Disappointed By Budget Cuts (WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago)
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) -- Officials of Illinois State University are expressing disappointment at Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to take back a $2.1 million increase planned for fiscal 2009.

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Illinois Study Finds Substantial Increase in Qualifications of Preschool Teachers: Marks Progress Toward Preschool for ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO----A new study of the early childhood workforce in Illinois finds that education levels for lead preschool teachers has dramatically increased over the past seven years. The number of community-based lead teachers holding a bachelor’s degree rose to 48 percent in 2008, up from 37 percent in 2001.

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