Articles filed under Illinois
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Public defender for man charged in 5 murdersOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - LINCOLN -- The man arrested in the slayings of a central Illinois family heard five counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder against him read in c...
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Man charged in slaying of ex-wife's familyOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - LINCOLN -- An Illinois man was charged with first-degree murder Friday in the slayings of five members of his ex-wife's family, while his stepmother defended him as a ge...
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U.S. Rep. Roskam in Honduras on fact-finding missionOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam was in Honduras Friday to meet with the torn nation's interim president as part of a Republican fact-finding mission that flew in the face of curr...
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Rep. Murphy to run for lieutenant governorOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - State Sen. Matt Murphy, a Palatine Republican, says he will run for lieutenant governor and back the governor's bid of former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Andy McK...
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Woman charged with sexually enticing boyOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- A 39-year-old Illinois woman has been charged in federal court with enticing a 13-year-old Missouri boy for sexual activity through Facebook and text messa...
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Park Forest woman's message in bottle turns up in FranceOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKPORT, Mass. -- A bottle with a message written by a woman who tossed it into the sea in 2003 off Cape Ann in Massachusetts was found 3,000 miles across the Atlantic ...
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Sheriff says 1 arrested in slain family caseOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - LINCOLN -- Authorities in Logan County say they've arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with the killings of five members of a central Illinois family. At a news con...
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Meijer starts online personal shoppersOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Four Meijer grocery stores, including one each in St. Charles and Aurora, have started an online personal shopping program so busy customers can order on the Web and lat...
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Madigan sides with family in service dog caseOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - MOUNT VERNON -- Illinois' attorney general is siding with a family suing their southwestern Illinois school district in hopes of allowing their autistic son to bring his...
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FEMA gives Ottawa district $12.3mil for schoolOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- Federal officials will award $12.3 million to a north central Illinois school district that was flooded last year. The money from the Federal Emergency Managem...