Stream of relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answers; exhumation finds nothing abnormal

ALSIP, Ill. — A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

Stream of relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for bodies; exhumation finds nothing abnormal

ALSIP, Ill. — A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

Thousands go to Ill. cemetery looking for relatives’ bodies; exhumation finds nothing abnormal

ALSIP, Ill. — Thousands of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

1 body, nothing abnormal, found in exhumed grave in Illinois despite report of stacked bodies

ALSIP, Ill. — Only one body, and nothing abnormal, was found Saturday in an exhumed grave at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago after authorities had been told they would discover two bodies stacked on top of each other.

Sheriff: 1 body found in exhumed grave in Illinois after cemetery’s lawyer said there were 2

ALSIP, Ill. — Only one body — and nothing abnormal — has been found in an exhumed grave at a suburban Chicago cemetery where officials had been told to expect two bodies.

Sheriff’s spokeswoman: Ill. cemetery confirmed 2 bodies will be found in grave being exhumed

ALSIP, Ill. — The attorney for the owner of a suburban Chicago cemetery has told authorities they will find two bodies in a grave being exhumed this weekend.

More bones found at Ill. cemetery at center of gravedigging scheme, grounds closed to public

ALSIP, Ill. — Distraught families hoping to determine whether loved ones’ final resting places at a historic black cemetery near Chicago were desecrated in a gravedigging scandal were met with more gruesome discoveries: additional human bones strewn about the grounds.

Families grapple with guilt, anger at gravedigging scheme at historic Ill. cemetery

ALSIP, Ill. — Hundreds of horrified relatives grappling with guilt and anger wandered around a historic black cemetery near Chicago on Friday searching for their loved ones’ graves after former cemetery workers were accused of dumping hundreds of unearthed corpses in scheme to resell their plots.

Walgreen promotes CFO Wade Miquelon to new role as executive vice president

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreen Co. said Friday it promoted Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon to the additional role of executive vice president.

Authorities: 4 former workers at historic Ill. cemetery made $300K in gravedigging scheme

ALSIP, Ill. — Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to have stretched back at least four years, authorities said Friday.

Thousands of families of flood historic Ill. cemetery 4 accused of unearthing bodies

ALSIP, Ill. — Thousands of families have been flooding a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.

Sheriff: Families find more cases of disturbed graves as historic black cemetery in Illinois

ALSIP, Ill. — Authorities say more than a dozen more cases of disturbed graves have turned up at a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.

Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold cemetery plots in Ill.

ALSIP, Ill. — Authorities say more than a dozen more cases of disturbed graves have turned up at a historic black cemetery in Illinois where four people are accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses in a scheme to resell burial plots.

Investigation continues of unearthed bodies and resold plots at Ill. cemetery

ALSIP, Ill. — Relatives of people buried in a historic cemetery south of Chicago have been flocking there to check on the graves of their loved ones.

AP sources: Sen. Roland Burris, appointed by Blagojevich, says he won’t seek full term in 2010

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Roland Burris gambled that he could accept a U.S. Senate appointment from a political pariah and still be seen as an honest, hardworking public servant. He lost.

4 accused of digging up bodies to resell burial plots at historic black cemetery near Chicago

ALSIP, Ill. — Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said Thursday. All four were charged with felonies.

Sheriff: About 300 graves tampered with at historic black cemetary near Chicago; 4 charged

ALSIP, Ill. — Four workers were charged Thursday in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near Chicago and strewn in a weeded area or reburied with other bodies so that plots could be resold, authorities said.

4 workers accused of digging up bodies, reselling plots at historic Chicago-area cemetery

ALSIP, Ill. — Four cemetery workers have been charged with dismembering bodies after police found what they called “startling and revolting” conditions at a historic cemetery near Chicago.

4 workers accused of digging up bodies, reselling plots at historic Chicago-area cemetary

ALSIP, Ill. — Four cemetary workers have been charged with dismembering bodies after police found what they called “startling and revolting” conditions at a historic cemetary near Chicago.

Ill. sheriff: Cemetery workers may have dug up bodies, put them in mass graves to resell plots

ALSIP, Ill. — Workers at a historic Illinois cemetery may have dug up more than 100 bodies and dumped them in mass graves at the back of the 150-acre property in a scheme to resell plots to unsuspecting customers, authorities said Wednesday.

Walgreen raises quarterly dividend by 22 percent, to 13.75 cents from 11.25 cents

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. is raising its quarterly dividend by about 22 percent, to 13.75 cents from 11.25 cents.

Chrysler to resume operations, recall workers at northern Illinois plant

BELVIDERE, Ill. — Chrysler plans to restart production at a northern Illinois plant and is recalling hundreds of workers.

Discover Financial shares tumble after-hours on planned $500 million public stock offering

RIVERWOODS, Ill. — Credit card company Discover says it will sell $500 million worth of common stock in a public offering, and use the proceeds for possible investments or to buy back preferred stock issued to the U.S. Treasury under its bank rescue plan.

Deere says it’s prepared to expand farm, forestry and construction operations in Russia

MOLINE, Ill. — Deere & Co. says it’s prepared to significantly expand its farm, forestry and construction operations in Russia “under the right market access conditions.”

Yes, in my backyard: Illinois town among few in US lobbying to get Guantanamo detainees

MARION, Ill. — Once the nation’s most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti.

Illinois cabbie uses spray deodorant to fend off knife-wielding passenger who tried to rob him

ELGIN, Ill. — Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn’t have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

Ill. cabbie uses spray deodorant to fend off knife-wielding passenger who tried to rob him

ELGIN, Ill. — Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn’t have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

Illinois woman fined $25 for having plantes made from old toilets in her front yard

LAKEMOOR, Ill. — The planters in her front yard brought Tina Asmus national publicity last month. This week, they brought her a $25 fine. Asmus said Tuesday she will go to court to fight to keep her lawn ornaments, which are made from two old toilets and a bathroom sink.

Deere says 800 workers to leave under voluntary program; 1st-year savings of $75M seen

MOLINE, Ill. — Deere & Co. said Tuesday about 800 salaried workers have decided to leave the world’s largest farm machinery maker under a voluntary separation program.

Sears Holdings to start buyer protection program to help customers who lose their jobs

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears said Tuesday that it plans to offer a buyer protection program for its home appliances to help consumers who lose their jobs during the recession.