Illinois
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Extend helping hand to community in painFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - To Our Community. In the days to come we will all try to fathom why. Why did the gunman do what he did? Why didn't someone do something to stop it? Why? Why? Why? The...
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Justices: Violence is a part of some sportsFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Hockey is an inherently violent sport and just because there are penalties and injuries, that doesn't mean players can sue each other, the Illinois Suprem...
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One more way to aid veteransFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth is asking Illinois residents to make a donation on their 2007 state tax returns to help fund four care h...
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Madigan, Jackson help homeownersFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Thursday urged homeowners in danger of losing their homes to call their mortgage comp...
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Three 'M's' - media, money, momentum, helping ObamaFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Green is Director-Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg Presidential nomination politics rests on the three "M's" -- money, media and mom...
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Northwestern dean's quotes under scrutinyFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of the Medill School of Journalism. John...
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Officials reject state test requestsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Department of Education officials this month rejected Illinois requests to ease the blow of dropping a special test for students who are still learning English. The...
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Coroner: Drew Peterson's 3rd wife murdered
Feb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Amid the search for a former police officer's fourth wife, an autopsy on the exhumed body of the man's third wife found what her relatives have long suspected -- her de...
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Rezko lawyers want to bar list of state workers he sponsored
Feb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Lawyers for indicted political contributor Antoin "Tony" Rezko asked a federal judge Thursday to bar prosecutors from telling jurors at his upcoming fraud trial about st...
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Legislators step into Antioch frayFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers are taking sides in a lingering rift among Antioch officials. On Thursday, the Illinois House approved banning village trustees from hirin...