Articles filed under Illinois
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Senate candidate Jackson distances herself from BlagojevichDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Democratic Senate candidate Cheryle Jackson said Friday she wasn't sure if she would be called to testify in the upcoming corruption trial of her former boss, ex-Gov. Ro...
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Peoria man sentenced to 52 years in 'execution'Dec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- A Peoria man has been sentenced to 52 years in prison for a 2005 murder after a judge declined to grant him a new trial. Peoria County Circuit Judge James Shad...
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Investigators probe Wis. ski lift accidentDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - MERRIMAC, Wis. -- Investigators were trying to determine Friday how a packed ski lift suddenly ran backward, injuring at least 14 skiers and snowboarders. One remained ...
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Court sides with family in service dog caseDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- An Illinois state appellate court has sided with a couple's push to let their autistic son bring his service dog to school, marking the latest legal setbac...
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Groups plead for Illinois to pay its billsDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A coalition of human service groups is pleading with the state of Illinois to pay its overdue bills. The groups want Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hy...
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Teen killed in rollover wreck blamed on deerDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - MILLSTADT-- Authorities say a deer was the cause of a rollover accident in southwestern Illinois in which a teenager was killed. St. Clair County sheriff's Capt. Steve J...
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Parole denied again for Starved Rock killerDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Prisoner Review Board has ruled that 70-year-old Chester Weger, known as the Starved Rock murderer, will spend at least one more year behind ...
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Benedictine University to open Rockford campusDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Residents in the northern Illinois community with the highest unemployment rate in the state could soon take a college course for free. Benedictine Universit...
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Three GOP candidates resigned to Gitmo moveDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Three statewide Republican candidates seemed resigned Thursday to accused terrorists moving into a western Illinois prison as they argued the state should get a big payd...
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Prosecutor: No retrial for man in 1978 killingsDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A man on Missouri's death row won't be tried again in two 1978 killings in southwestern Illinois because the prosecutor believes it would be pointless. St....