Illinois
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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...
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Support the Fair Elections Now ActNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Please support the Fair Elections Now Act. This public finance bill will take big money out of politics. Sponsored by Congressman John Larson (D-Conn.), Sens. Richard Du...
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Police want to question pair in deaths of 2 men
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Officials have released sketches of a pair of men wanted for questioning in the deaths of two Chicago men whose bodies were found wrapped in plastic near a forest preser...
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Fighting dogs seized in Chicago-area homes; two charged
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Cook County authorities say they've seized more than a dozen suspected fighting dogs. The dogs included 12 pit bulls at one home. The Cook County sheriff's office says s...
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Patrolling to keep the holiday safeNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - As the Thanksgiving holiday nears, the Illinois State Police hope that people will keep their minds on their driving at least as much as the turkey and trimmings. Thanks...
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Edgar backs GiulianiNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has won the backing of another former Illinois governor. Giuliani's campaign says former Gov. Jim Edgar is endorsing the ...
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Illinois median home prices stagnant in third quarterNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The credit crunch and sub-prime mortgage mess continue to burden the housing market in Illinois as median home prices in the state rose .7 percent in the third quarter, ...
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Commission agreed to Peterson's resignation, saying it had no choice
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Bolingbrook's police and fire commission has accepted the resignation of Drew Peterson from the village's police force, allowing him to begin collecting a $6,000-a-month...
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Housing market on local level is strongNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In its recent article on national trends in the housing industry (Oct. 27, Associated Press: "Worse before it improves…All things housing predicted to fall: prices, sal...