Lisa Black – Page 15 –

A U.S. Navy musician plays echo "Taps" in front of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial during the 71st Annual Memorial Ceremony commemorating the WWII Attack On Pearl Harbor at the World War 2 Valor in the Pacific National Monument December 7, 2012 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

World War II vet honored with trip to Pearl Harbor

June 17, 2018 at 9:43 a.m.

A World War II veteran from Niles who was onboard the USS Missouri when Japan signed the Articles of Surrender helped celebrate the 69th anniversary of that event this week...

Selection of images available on the Internet Archive Book Images's Photo website. Kalev Leetaru, a researcher at Georgetown University -- a University of Illinois alum, has uploaded 2.6 million pictures that can be accessed on Flickr, and in coming weeks will add another 12.5 million images, he said. The images come from books that were digitalized over past years, but made searchable only through text.

U. of I. alum gives historical photos life on Web

June 17, 2018 at 10:25 a.m.

A 32-year-old University of Illinois alum, frustrated after he couldn't find pictures of the Old West online, found a way to digitally set free millions of historical images by creating...

The CTA will make major renovations to the California Blue Line stop.

CTA Blue Line California station closes for 6 weeks

May 21, 2019 at 1:21 p.m.

The California station on the Blue Line's O'Hare branch closed for six weeks beginning Thursday for renovations that include improved lighting, new signs and structural repairs, according to the CTA....

Medical evidence shows that women metabolize drugs differently from men and experience different side effects from treatments, yet few female animals or cells are used in studies.

Medical research rarely uses female test subjects

June 18, 2018 at 8:26 a.m.

Women and men often react differently to illness and treatment, yet surgical researchers rarely use female animals or cells in their published studies — to the detriment of patients, a...

Ice bucket challenge heats up ALS donations

March 30, 2019 at 7:28 a.m.

The ice bucket challenge has helped the local Les Turner ALS Foundation raise $550,000 more in recent weeks than it did during the same period last year — a nearly...

Tougher rules ahead on domestic abuse

May 22, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

People accused of violent domestic abuse crimes may soon be forced to pay for their own electronic monitoring as a condition of bail, regardless of whether an order of protection...

Ebola screening added to intake procedures for some U. of I. international students

May 21, 2019 at 1:17 p.m.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while conducting its usual health screenings of international students this semester, devoted a few extra minutes to discussing the Ebola outbreak with those who...

Common Core criticism ‘struck a chord,’ Peru schools chief says

May 21, 2019 at 1:16 p.m.

A letter to parents in a small north central Illinois town has gone viral after the superintendent bemoaned the national emphasis on high-stakes testing and described the Common Core curriculum...

Adminstrator enlivens Common Core debate

August 18, 2019 at 6:08 p.m.

A letter to parents in a small north central Illinois town has gone viral after the superintendent bemoaned the national emphasis on high-stakes testing and described the Common Core curriculum...

Carly Rousso’s public appearance sparks controversy

June 17, 2018 at 10:06 a.m.

Facing a potentially lengthy prison term for inhaling keyboard cleaner before causing a crash that killed a 5-year-old girl in Highland Park, Carly Rousso has been making public appearances and...

All Stories