Illinois
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DeKalb teacher dies in rafting accident
Jun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - OGLESBY -- A first grade teacher from DeKalb will be remembered at a funeral after authorities said she died in a rafting accident on the Vermilion River in LaSalle Coun...
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A brutal killer's sexual attack left her wounded, scarred, strongerJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Angela Rose knew in her gut she wasn't her attacker's first victim. The way he held the knife to her throat. How he wiped the fingerprints off her keys and bound her han...
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Illinois diver dies in Lake Michigan
Jun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. -- Authorities say a diver from Illinois died in deep water in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan. The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department says ...
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Teen killed in crash was texting, driving
Jun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - EUREKA -- A central Illinois coroner says a 17-year-old girl killed in a single-vehicle accident was texting on her cell phone just before the crash. Alyssa Burns of Eur...
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Adlai Stevenson boyhood home on the market
Jun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- The group that owns Adlai Stevenson's boyhood home plans to sell the central Illinois dwelling because it can't afford the upkeep. The McLean County Histo...
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State Senate yet to confirm state police director
Jun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Senate still hasn't approved Gov. Pat Quinn's selection of a 29-year-old with no police experience to head the Illinois State Police. Jonatho...
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Charter bus accident on I-80 slows traffic to a crawlJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Police and rescue crews have reopened most eastbound lanes on I-80 east of Ridge Road in Minooka following a charter bus accident that was carrying a not-for-profit drum...
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Trial date set for Blagojevich as former aides set to change pleas
Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal judge on Thursday set a June 3, 2010, start date for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's trial on charges of scheming to sell or trade President Obama's U.S. Senate...
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Authorities say 5 killed in semitrailer crash in northwest Indiana
Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - CROWN POINT, Ind. -- Authorities say a semitrailer slammed into a pickup truck that had slowed down on Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana, killing all five people rid...
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2 FutureGen partners drop out of coal project
Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Just two weeks after the federal government revived plans to build the FutureGen power plant in eastern Illinois, two of the experimental coal plant's finan...