Illinois
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Lake County casino investor sues partnersApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - When Illinois Gaming Board administrators awarded the state's 10th Casino license in December, one of the reasons they didn't give it to a Waukegan company was because a...
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Police shoot man; woman's body inside apartment
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - O'FALLON -- Court records show an armed man shot dead by police at a southwestern Illinois apartment complex and his estranged wife whose body was found inside the unit ...
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Citizen ethics panel suggests 34 reformsApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A reform commission appointed by Patrick Quinn before he became Illinois' governor placed a sweeping plan before lawmakers Tuesday designed to clean up Ill...
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Suspect in teacher slaying deemed mentally fit
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SALEM -- A man accused of killing a southern Illinois first-grade teacher after sexually attacking her is mentally fit to stand trial. A judge in Marion County made that...
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Group lists 10 endangered state historic sites
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - An old train depot in the path of a Rock Island County bridge project and a 29-building Chicago hospital complex on what might become an Olympic village were among 10 Il...
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Pathologist: Dirty diaper killed Peoria baby
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a Peoria man charged in the death of his 5-month-old son says the child died from an infection brought on by ...
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State officials face choice on response to scandal
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With one governor in prison and another under indictment, Illinois officials must choose between patching holes in current ethics laws or attempting a top...
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Last SLA inmate cleared to serve parole in Illinois
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO -- The last imprisoned member of the 1970s-era Symbionese Liberation Army has been cleared to serve his parole in Illinois after his release next month from a...
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Mega Millions jackpot now $220 million
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- There has been another rollover in the grand prize for the multistate Mega Millions lottery -- to $220 million. The rollover occurred because no player matche...
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Official charged after prom party raid
Apr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- A Collinsville city councilwoman and her husband face misdemeanors tied to a raid by police investigating reports of underage drinking at their home duri...