Illinois
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Cook Co. GOP co-chair to run for SenateJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Eric Wallace, founder of Freedom's Journal Magazine and a co-chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, announced that he will seek the GOP nomination for the U.S. Se...
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Illinois police promise holiday DUI patrols
Jul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Police say they'll increase drunken driving patrols across the state over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. State police and other law enforcement agenc...
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Report: Illinois nursing home allowed sexual abuse
Jul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- The LaSalle County Nursing Home failed to prevent a male resident from sexually abusing 10 female residents and propositioning others, some who couldn't speak ...
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Car rams crowd at fireworks show, killing 1
Jul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - ROANOKE -- A central Illinois man was killed and three people were injured after a car drove into a crowd at a fireworks show. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll say...
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Report: Giannoulias aide helped get teen in to U of I
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- According to a published report, a campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant get in to the University of ...
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Report: Nursing home allowed sexual abuse
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- A report from the Illinois Department of Public Health has found that a male resident at a LaSalle County-owned nursing home sexually abused 10 female resident...
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Six Illinois banks closed as FDIC proposes new rules
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Six Illinois banks were shuttered today as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks. The banks ...
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Study ranks state 4th for obese children
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - A national study puts Illinois among the top 10 states with the highest percentages of overweight or obese teenagers. The Trust for America's Health and Robert Wood John...
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7,000 engine locks in use in state
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Several thousand Illinois residents won't be able to hop in their cars and leave if they have one too many drinks at a Fourth of July party, thanks to a new law that alr...
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Mulligan questions Quinn on human services cutsJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday he would outline about $1 billion in cuts to state government operations next week as he continued talking with lawmakers about passing a bala...