Illinois
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Group will protest at two victims' services todayFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The group that has protested at funerals of military personnel killed in the Iraq War announced Sunday they will picket the services of two victims of the Northern Illin...
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Northern Star staffers walk line between student and journalistFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The shooter sprayed bullets into the crowded lecture hall just after 3 p.m. By 4, the Northern Illinois University student newspaper had posted its first Web update abou...
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Durbin pushes for safer campusesFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin stressed the need for emergency plans on college campuses Sunday during a press conference at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Legislation...
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Downstate man shot, killed
Feb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois State Police are taking over the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Belleville man found dead in Brooklyn, Ill. Brooklyn Police Chief Delbert Marion said ...
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Residents will probe Evanston cops
Feb 17, 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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Suburban churches mourn their ownFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Christ Church of Oak Brook has felt the impact of a national tragedy before. On Sept. 11, 2001, Associate Pastor Jeff Mladenik died when American Airlines Flight 11 stru...
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NIU challenges wireless networksFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Jennifer Jenkins of Crystal Lake watched from her seventh-floor dorm room window as the horrific drama unfolded below with ambulances, police and others crowding the Nor...
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Students have a week before class resumes at NIUFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Is a week off too much for Northern Illinois University students? The school canceled classes this week for its 25,000 students so they'd have time to absorb the events ...
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Hillary reveals she's gone huntingFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - KENOSHA, Wis. -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton revealed something about herself Saturday that she acknowledged might surprise many people: she knows ...
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Student charged with having gun on campus
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Police at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville say they arrested a student who was reportedly carrying weapons on campus. Police say the charges aga...