Illinois
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Burris' words to be examinedFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Exactly how Roland Burris became a U.S. senator continues to attract official scrutiny - including a perjury investigation downstate and a probe by the U.S...
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Couple found dead in home
Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - BRADLEY -- A couple have been found dead in their north-central Illinois home, where high levels of carbon dioxide were also found. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner s...
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Cullerton open to all sorts of tax hikesFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - In cash-strapped Illinois, everything from a 16-cent gas tax hike to taxes on Internet purchases and an income tax increase is on the table for new state Senate Presiden...
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Joliet man receives 34 years for guilty drug plea
Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - DECATUR -- A 38-year-old man faces more than three decades in prison after admitting to amassing amounts of cocaine equaling millions of dollars. Willie F. Ford of Jolie...
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Virus suspected in sickness at Ill. academy
Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - RANTOUL -- Health investigators suspect that a weekend outbreak that sickened 19 students at a central Illinois military academy may have been caused by a virus, not foo...
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Joliet teacher told she can't wear mask to school
Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - JOLIET -- A Joliet elementary school teacher who suffers from severe allergies is battling the school district over its refusal to allow her to wear a respiratory mask. ...
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Health officials caution safety in peanut recall
Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois health officials are reminding the public to keep up-to-date with the recall list of peanut products that are connected to a national salmonella ...
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Dems join GOP in call for Burris investigationFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Questions continue to go unanswered in the controversy over U.S. Sen. Roland Burris' belatedly disclosed dealings with Rod Blagojevich insiders as condemnation comes in ...
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Co-op says it owes farmers $5 million
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A Belleville-based farm cooperative has not paid its members in two months and owes the farmers more than $5 million. Meadowbrook Farms Cooperative laid of...
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Virus suspected in academy sickness
Feb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - RANTOUL -- Health investigators suspect that a weekend outbreak that sickened 19 students at a central Illinois military academy may have been caused by a virus, not foo...