Illinois
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Pakistan abuses essential judiciaryNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - As the voice of the judges of Illinois, the Illinois Judges Association condemns the disbanding of the Pakistani Supreme Court and its replacement with pliant judges han...
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Blagojevich, Quinn need to be friendsNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - With friends like Pat Quinn, who needs enemies? Gov. Rod Blagojevich might be excused for muttering such a question, after the lieutenant governor criticized his adminis...
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Attorney says Peterson received letter describing sighting of missing wifeNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Former police sergeant Drew Peterson received an unsigned letter describing a supermarket sighting of his missing wife, Stacy Peterson, and has turned it over to investi...
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Angler uses Asian carp to catch prized 'Big Blue'
Nov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - GODFREY -- There's a group of fishermen who plumb the waters of the Mississippi River near Alton in search of one thing -- "Big Blues," or monster blue catfish. It's a c...
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Rare breed of squirrel sighted in Springfield
Nov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A conservation group is hoping to draw attention to a rare mammal living along a bike trail near Veterans Parkway in Springfield in hopes of improving its...
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Teen pleads guilty to bringing guns to school
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - PONTIAC -- A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he brought six handguns to his central Illinois high school with the intent of selling them to another s...
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State Rep. Danny Davis says he was a victim of racial profiling
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois Congressman Danny Davis is accusing two Chicago police officers of racial profiling after they pulled him over and gave him a traffic ticket earlier this week. ...
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Former professor sentencedNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - A former professor accused of providing money to Hamas terrorists was sentenced Wednesday in Chicago to more than 11 years in prison and fined $5,000 for refusing to tes...
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Officers cleared in stun gun death
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - JERSEYVILLE -- A special prosecutor says two Jerseyville police officers are not criminally responsible for the death of a teenager who died after being shocked with a s...
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DNA links prison inmate to 11-year-old murder
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - A DNA test has linked a man already serving time for murder with an 11-year-old homicide. Vernon White is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual...