Articles filed under Illinois
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Trading jabs on the radioJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - All four of the Democratic candidates in the 14th Congressional District squared off in two meetings Thursday, first at the taping of a Chicago radio show and later at a...
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Court: Mundelein can't fine railroad for letting train block streetsJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Train delays may be a common headache among suburban motorists, but local communities' efforts to diminish them may have been derailed Friday. In both a M...
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Photo with insider puts Clinton on spotJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton's attempt to tar Barack Obama over his ties to an indicted fundraiser threatened to backfire on the eve of South Carolina's crucial primary. A photograph...
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Campaigns getting help from friends cleared by ClintonJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- One of the last things Bill Clinton did as president was wipe out Richard Wilson Riley Jr.'s 1993 felony drug convictions from South Carolina. Today, Rile...
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State's attorney confirms grand jury in Peterson caseJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - For the first time, the Will County state's attorney confirms a grand jury is investigating the disappearance of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson's fourt...
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Bogus confession? Debate about serial killer's admission ragesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Police Chief Tim Mendenall in Mount Vernon suspected serial killer Timothy Krajcir gave a bogus confession last month to a 1981 knife attack that sent another man to pri...
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Auditor: Government lags on measurements for Great Lakes toxinsJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The federal government is running behind on developing ways to measure highly toxic chemicals in the Great Lakes that accumulate in fish, creatin...
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Durbin way ahead in cashJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Sen. Dick Durbin already has $7.3 million in his campaign fund as he prepares for a November general election where he is a heavy favorite. The Springfield Democrat, who...
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Group to sell tiny pieces of Lincoln landJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - LERNA -- The owners of farmland once owned by Abraham Lincoln want to give people a chance to own a little piece of history -- a very little piece. The Friends of the Ab...
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Absentee ballots absent in some countiesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Everywhere in Illinois, voters are heading to polling places early to pick their candidates ahead of the Feb. 5 primary election. However, at least six Il...