Illinois
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Evanston police changes internal probe policiesFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The Evanston Police Department says it is changing the way it investigates itself. Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington said his department is working to create an ad...
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Missing 93-year-old woman found dead in Will County
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Will County sheriff's deputies found a missing 93-year-old woman from Country Club Hills dead in her car in a field in New Lenox Township. Mildred Weaver was reported mi...
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The super power of super votesFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Superdelegates have been part of Democratic Party lexicon since 1982. But for 26 years few people have known -- or much cared -- who they are or what they do. Now people...
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Mace 'was going to do great things'Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Ryanne Mace was passionate about the Eiffel Tower and everything French, the writing of Shakespeare, and playing the violin. Through her service on a peer jury, Mace "w...
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Obama needs to give voters a clearer idea of how he would governFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - "Why is the press going so easy on Barack Obama?" asks a prominent Democratic Party strategist, echoing a criticism frequently made by the Clinton campaign. It's a fair ...
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Off-duty suburban cop cleared in shootingFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police say they have released without charges an off-duty suburban police officer involved in a fatal shooting on the city's South Side. Police spokesman David B...
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One dead, two officers injured in shootout
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - One person is dead and three others, including two police officers, were injured in a shootout at a suburban Chicago motel. Timothy Kaufmann of the Burbank Fire Departme...
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New gun laws came too late, and might not have stopped college gunman anyway
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly after last year's massacre at Virginia Tech to make it harder for anyone with a history of mental illness to buy guns, fortifying what a...
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911 tape reveals victim's final moments in store
Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Rhoda McFarland whispered a final one-word plea to 911 before she was discovered by the gunman robbing her Lane Bryant store and he opened fire: "Hurry." Tinley Park aut...
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Experts say NIU's image easily repairedFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The reputation of Virginia Tech University might always be linked to the shooting rampage that killed 33 people there. In contrast, Northern Illinois University likely w...