Illinois
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Man dies in crash at Naperville cemeteryDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - A man died after crashing a vehicle into a tree in a Naperville cemetery Monday. Naperville police responded to the single-vehicle crash near Hillside Road and Main Str...
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Republicans launch TV ad calling for special Senate electionDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - As lawmakers moved to start lengthy impeachment proceedings against Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the push to strip him of the power to appoint a U.S. senator - a key focus of t...
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Ex-Supreme Court justice doesn't believe court can remove governorDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Louis Rathje believes Attorney General Lisa Madigan's request for the state's highest court to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from off...
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It's official: Obama wins IllinoisDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - It was no surprise that Illinois' electors cast all 21 of the state's electoral votes Monday for Chicago Democrat Barack Obama. The state's Electoral Colle...
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Northwestern names new president
Dec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The president of Williams College, a highly regarded liberal arts school in Massachusetts, is heading west -- to lead much larger Northwestern Un...
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Should the House explore impeachment?Dec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers voted Monday to begin an investigation of whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be removed from office while the embattled governor hired a h...
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Republicans launch TV ad calling for special Senate electionDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - As lawmakers descend on the state Capitol today to deal with the fallout from the arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Republicans have launched a TV ad campaign to ...
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Obama says internal probe clears staffDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said Monday he will not release a "comprehensive" internal probe of his staff's contacts with Gov. Rod Blagojevich until next week at the re...
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Scandal should force voters to wake upDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Yet another Illinois politician has been arrested on charges of brazenly abusing the power of public office. Thank God for U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald! Perhaps the ...
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Murder suspect accused of assaulting deputy
Dec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- One of four men accused in a kidnapping and fatal beating is in more legal trouble, this time for throwing human waste on a southern Illinois sheriff's d...