Illinois
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State assistance for problem eating?May 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Melissa Traub was barely a teenager when the first symptoms of anorexia surfaced. Not long after, she also began battling bulimia. She bounced in and out ...
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Foster hopes to create fund to aid military families
May 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois' newest congressman is sponsoring legislation aimed at helping military families nationwide who face financial hardship when loved ones are called for active du...
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Currency ruling a win for the blindMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Council of the Blind hails the May 20 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit which states the Department of the T...
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Neglected animals found in downstate van
May 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SWANSEA -- A woman who was once charged with hoarding 127 animals in Granite City has been taken into custody again for keeping a van full of poorly fed, filthy cats and...
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Museum documenting Illinois' vanishing agricultural historyMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - When a network television news show recently needed a Chicago-area example of a dairy farm, the crew knew exactly where to go. It wasn't hard to pinpoint. With 625 milki...
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Dems want inmate legislationMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A trio of House Democrats say they want to introduce legislation designed to restrict the time inmates can be held at the Tamms Correctional Center. The bill would limit...
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With latest rejection, Ryan's only hope is a presidential pardonMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - With the U.S. Supreme Court refusing Tuesday to hear former Gov. George Ryan's appeal, Ryan's attorney announced he will ask President Bush for clemency. "In my opinion,...
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Rockford soldier killed in Iraq
May 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A soldier from Rockford has been killed while serving in Iraq. In a news release, the city of Rockford says that Sergeant Blake Evans was killed over the weekend by an i...
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Videotape features in first week of R. Kelly's trial
May 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Sex tapes feature in 1st week of R. Kelly child porn trial One sex tape, an unflappable witness, a crying one and a lower-back mole. Those were among the people and thin...
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Family sets out to translate father's Italian war diary
May 25, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO HEIGHTS -- Two South suburban siblings have translated and sifted through their father's World War I diary, piecing together a picture of the Italian immigrant a...