Illinois briefs
May 20th, 2008
Investment group buys biodiesel plant DANVILLE — An investment group has bought a stalled eastern Illinois biodiesel plant and plans to begin production by early next year. Blackhawk Biofuels said it bought the plant in Danville from Biofuels Company of America, whose owners included agribusiness giant Bunge. The sale price wasn’t immediately available. Blackhawk is based in Freeport, about 30 miles west of Rockford. Blackhawk’s Quentin Davis said work previously stopped on the plant with construction almost completed. He wasn’t sure why. The state of Illinois provided $4.8 million of the more than $30 million in construction costs and is backing part of Blackhawk’s financing. Davis said the plant will produce up to 45 million gallons of biodiesel a year and employ 15 people. R. Kelly jury chosen as sides argue over race CHICAGO — Jury selection was completed at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial Thursday, despite contentious exchanges when prosecutors and defense attorneys accused each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines. Sixteen jurors, …[viewing 1079 of 4551 characters]
Tags: marathon, results, rockford
May 20th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Have an article to go with it next time
May 20th, 2008 at 6:21 am
I suppose I mean that it is the second earthquake in Illinois in the past few hours.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:12 am
I did not know there were two.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Ron Paul got so close to second. Too bad he didn’t make it, then the mainstream media could not have possibly ignored him.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:53 am
There was an aftershock, almost as strong as the first quake. I just felt it in Indiana.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Yeah there was, people in my building felt it. More importantly, it registered 4.5 aftershock at about 10:15 according to the USGS.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2008qzbw.php
May 20th, 2008 at 10:34 am
good thing i took out that huge earthquake insurance policy last year
May 20th, 2008 at 11:25 am
A new discovery of geometrical folding that may hold the secret to making viable composite cryogenic fuel tanks.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
The birds and frogs are dying. We are having the silent spring Rachael Carson warned of. And so few people seem to care. Certainly not anyone in the Bush administration.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
One wonders how long it will be before somebody finds a way to blame George Bush for this.