Illinois
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2 toddlers die after vehicle submerges
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - TAMAROA -- Two toddlers died after the truck they were in rolled into a southern Illinois lake and authorities said Wednesday the siblings' deaths were under investigati...
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Attack charges dropped against Ill. teacher
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Aggravated battery and aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges filed against a man in connection with an attack on a teenager have been dismissed. McLean...
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Woman sentenced to jail in horse deaths
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - CHANNAHON _ A Will County judge has fined a woman $10,000 and sentenced her to 180 days in jail on charges she let three horses starve to death. Will County prosecutor C...
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Man charged in pregnant sister-in-law's death
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON _ A central Illinois man has been charged with raping and beating to death his pregnant sister-in-law while his wife and three kids slept in the room. Twenty...
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Voters, time to stop madnessOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - We simply don't need to spend another $78 million of our tax money to facilitate more insanity in Springfield. Please Vote NO on the Constitutional Convention. Harry Tru...
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Economic crisis hits IMRF, tax increases might be neededOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois taxpayers may soon be called on to bail out what is arguably the best-funded public pension plan in the state thanks to $3.6 billion in fund losses caused by th...
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SIUE terror threat suspect jailed
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A former Southern Illinois University Edwardsville student charged with threatening a "murderous rampage" has been jailed for allegedly attempting to buy...
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Regulators plan Great Lakes offshore wind generation
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Imagine sections of the Great Lakes dotted with rows of gleaming, 12-story turbines, blades whirring in the stiff breeze as they generate electri...
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Safety board targets medical helicopter crashes
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ Responding to a spate of fatal emergency medical helicopter accidents, a federal safety panel said Tuesday aviation officials are not acting quickly enough ...
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Madigan sues distributor of recalled cribs
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she's filed a lawsuit against a company for allegedly ignoring a nationwide recall and continuing to sell cribs that can caus...