State News

  • Ill. cemetery search finds 1922 massacre victims

    HERRIN – Researchers believe their excavation of a southern Illinois cemetery has located the likely remains of people killed during a violent 1922 la ...
    Nov. 15, 2013 - 11:27 pm

  • Chicago agency’s pension reform could be test case

    SPRINGFIELD – As pressure mounts on Illinois lawmakers to solve the state’s pension crisis, the passage of reforms for Chicago park district employees ...
    Nov. 15, 2013 - 11:27 pm

  • Chicago mayor, comic engage over deep-dish diss

    CHICAGO – Chicago's mayor has delivered a message to comedian Jon Stewart: don't diss his city's prized pizza.
    Nov. 15, 2013 - 11:25 pm

  • Identical twins share breast cancer, rare surgery

    CHICAGO – Identical twins Kelly McCarthy and Kristen Maurer have shared a lot in their lives so when one was diagnosed with breast cancer, she urged t ...
    Nov. 15, 2013 - 11:25 pm

  • Body near I-88 was not found for about 12 hours

    DIXON – The body of an Iowa man found Wednesday along Interstate 88 wasn’t discovered until nearly 12 hours after police first received a call about t ...
    Nov. 15, 2013 - 12:11 am

  • IDNR: ‘Fracking’ at least a year away

    SPRINGFIELD – Illinois regulators plan to publicly release proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing “very soon,” but it will be months before any permi ...
    Nov. 14, 2013 - 10:38 pm

  • Alternative therapy available for pets

    LASALLE – Mary Ann Baughan was devastated when she heard her 10-year-old Australian Shepherd "Sophie" had breast cancer.
    Nov. 14, 2013 - 7:09 pm

  • Body found on Interstate 88 near Dixon

    DIXON – The body of a 65-year-old white man was found Wednesday morning along Interstate 88 just west of Dixon, his feet pointing toward the road.
    Nov. 14, 2013 - 12:34 am

  • Images show woman on Chicago train with alligator

    CHICAGO – After tracking down a small alligator skulking in a baggage claim area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, authorities are now huntin ...
    Nov. 13, 2013 - 11:37 pm

  • Blacksmith classes offered in Freeport

    FREEPORT – Since 2008, Wes Robinson of Freeport has taken people back in time in an old barn transformed into a blacksmith shop.
    Nov. 12, 2013 - 11:09 pm

  • Southern Ill. alderman accused of jail escape bid

    MURPHYSBORO – Prosecutors say a southern Illinois alderman attacked guards last month during a failed attempt to escape from jail, where he was being ...
    Nov. 12, 2013 - 11:08 pm

  • Illinois tire recycler reopens months after fire

    TILTON – The owners of an eastern Illinois tire-recycling facility that burned in a massive blaze during the summer have reopened in a nearby town.
    Nov. 12, 2013 - 11:08 pm

  • Vallas: Quinn wanted ‘strongest team possible’

    CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn’s selection of former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas to be his 2014 running mate took many people by surprise – including Va ...
    Nov. 12, 2013 - 11:53 pm

  • Rutherford trying to reunite vets with lost medals

    SPRINGFIELD – Illinois treasurer Dan Rutherford is trying to reunite veterans and their families with lost military medals, ribbons, dog tags and pape ...
    Nov. 12, 2013 - 11:08 pm

  • TV pitchman jailed after jurors find him guilty

    CHICAGO – Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Tuesday before finding Kevin Trudeau guilty of criminal contempt in weeklong trial during which pro ...
    Nov. 12, 2013 - 11:09 pm

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