Illinois
-
Auto dealers suffering in down market
Dec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Officials of the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association say the past year has been particulary rough for the state's approximately 1,000 dealerships. Ass...
-
Ex-Chicago firefighter admits role in drug ring
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - URBANA _ A 38-year-old man has pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine to a central Illinois drug ring while he was a Chicago firefighter. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Su...
-
Durbin to Bush: Let ex-Gov. George Ryan go homeDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Gov. George Ryan has served 13 months of a 61/2-year sentence for of steering lucrative taxpayer business to insiders who gave him and his family cash, gifts and ...
-
$150 million casino and hotel opens in Rock Island
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND _ After years of planning and review and more than a year of construction, a new $150 million casino and hotel complex opened Monday in Rock Island. Jumer's ...
-
Storm-related wrecks kill 6 in Illinois
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - At least six people died on Illinois roads left slick with snow and ice after this week's winter storm. The dead included a central Illinois couple, 83-year-old Harold C...
-
Rezko to be sentenced Jan. 6
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - A federal judge on Tuesday set a Jan. 6 sentencing for Antoin "Tony" Rezko but it remained unclear whether the political fundraiser is helping the federal investigation ...
-
Two downstate towns fighting over land
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - PEKIN -- The city of Pekin and the village of North Pekin are fighting over land the village annexed a year-and-a-half ago. In lawsuits filed in Tazewell County Circuit ...
-
State execs disappointed by budget cuts
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - NORMAL -- Officials of Illinois State University are expressing disappointment at Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to take back a $2.1 million increase planned for fiscal...
-
New process installed for evaluating judgesDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The Judicial Performance Evaluation Program that had been voluntary for more than 900 judges who preside over Illinois courts became mandatory Monday with the Illinois S...
-
Checkers champ Richard Fortman dead at 93
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Checkers champion and lifelong Springfield resident Richard L. Fortman has died at the age of 93. Fortman was a six-time Illinois State Champion in checke...