Articles filed under Illinois
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Ill. man imprisoned for 26 years declared innocentApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has been officially declared innocent. Cook County Circuit Judge Paul Biebel Jr. issued a certificate of...
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Quinn appoints friend to head health boardApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn's good friend Dr. Quentin Young promises to do all he can to ensure the scandal-plagued Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board is honest. Quinn used hi...
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Man accused of killing security guardApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis man is accused of killing a grocery store security guard with the victim's own gun during an alleged shoplifting attempt in East St. Louis....
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Illinois' unemployment rate jumps to 9.1%Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - When Joe Giovenco of Naperville lost his mold-making job in January, he didn't realize he would be part of a continuing wave of unemployed workers. Still, it was his sec...
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Man saw car with bodies weeks before calling copsApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - HENRY -- The man who ended a nationwide search for two central Illinois brothers by finding their bodies in their father's car saw the vehicle two weeks earlier but didn...
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Peoria police plead not guilty in alleged beatingApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Two Peoria police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges they beat and shocked a man with a stun gun after a car chase. Peoria County State's Attorney Kev...
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Man found dead in lake where sister drownedApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LITCHFIELD -- A Montgomery County lake from which divers have pulled the body of a 49-year-old man was the same place where his sister drowned 14 years earlier. The Litc...
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Three more not guilty pleas in Blagojevich caseApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Two of the state's most high-profile political power brokers pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they aided Gov. Rod Blagojevich in an alleged corruption scheme. Repu...
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Downstate man found fatally shotApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - CENTREVILLE -- Illinois State Police are investigating the shooting death of a man during a home invasion that left two other people beaten. Authorities say 24-year-old ...
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Authorities: New developments in Stebic caseApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Authorities say there are new developments in the case of a missing suburban Chicago woman who has been missing for nearly two years. Charles Pelkie is spokesman for Wil...