The agreement settles lawsuits filed last summer by the Justice Department and Residential Facilities, which operates 55 group homes in 35 other Illinois communities.

At the time, the family was living in an Illinois community with a dusk curfew for black people, not an uncommon civic measure in the 30's.

As the Naperville, Illinois community grew, Edward expanded, adding patient care units and providing patients with more advanced technology.

There is even talk now of merging the Illinois communities.

As well, several actual Illinois communities near Bloomington were frequently referenced on air:

LEAD: Seventeen junior high school students were injured today when a science experiment went awry, the authorities in this southern Illinois community said.

Prices for lakefront property are affordable compared with Illinois suburban communities.

Its mission is to improve Illinois communities by enhancing traditional volunteer activities and supporting national service programs.

The exposed graves, in an excavated burial mound, are the highlight of the museum near this west-central Illinois community of 3,000 residents.

Defense attorney John Franklin indicated similar programs existed in 46 states and 80 Illinois communities.