Illinois
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Man gives fingerprints in triple homicide
May 11, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA -- A southwestern Illinois man whose wife and two children were found murdered last week in their home has given investigators his fingerprints. Investigators d...
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Lockport Central students injured after suspicious item found
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - LOCKPORT -- Students at a suburban Chicago high school say they huddled behind locked classroom doors for more than 2 hours after a plastic bottle that may have containe...
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Illinois confirms 466 cases of swine flu
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 466 confirmed cases of swine flu statewide, a jump of 45 cases in one day. According to Sunday's tal...
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Storm cleanup continues in southern Illinois
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Cleanup continues in southern Illinois from last week's deadly storm that still has tens of thousands of homes and businesses without elecricity. St. Louis...
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R. Kelly lawyers may take Blago's case
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - A father-and-son team of lawyers whose courtroom theatrics captured the spotlight at the trial of R&B singer R. Kelly hinted Monday they may come aboard the defense team...
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Civic group criticizes Quinn spending plan
May 10, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn's budget proposal is under fire from a civic group that says it would raise taxes without solving the state's fundamental problems. The Chi...
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Savio's mother 'happy' Drew Peterson arrested
May 09, 2009 11:00 pm - STONE PARK -- The mother of Drew Peterson's slain third wife Kathleen Savio says she's happy the former Bolingbrook police sergeant has been arrested and charged with h...
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Ameren works to restore power to 63,000 customers
May 09, 2009 11:00 pm - MARION -- Ameren says more than 1,200 workers are in southern Illinois trying to restore power to about 63,500 customers left in the dark by severe storms. The utility c...
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Lake searched in Columbia triple slaying
May 09, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA -- Detectives in scuba gear searched a lake behind the southern Illinois home where a mother and her two boys were murdered. Private funeral services are schedu...
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Quinn declares 3 S. Ill. counties disaster areas
May 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn has declared three southern Illinois counties state disaster areas after severe storms swept through the region. The declaration allows the...