‘Political Breakfast Club’ attends Noon Kiwanis Club Pancake Day
The most recent Republican candidate to throw his hat in the ring for a seat in the 74th District house was enjoying a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Noon Kiwanis Club today with elected officials.
Bustos backing Clinton for President
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says she will support Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton as her choice for the job.
Butts announces for 74th race
Galesburg attorney Bill Butts has announced he will run on the Democratic ticket for the 74th district seat opening up at the completion of Don Moffitt’s term.
Wataga woman killed in Warren County accident
Illinois State Police have confirmed that a Wataga woman has been killed in single vehicle crash.
Ex-CSU official and mother accused in ghost payroll scheme
CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago State University official is accused of employing her mother in a ghost payrolling scheme and awarding a contract to a business owned by a friend without proper approval.
AP: Illinois Democratic superdelegates lining up for Clinton
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention next summer appear to be lining up behind Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.
Belleville woman gets 15 years in newborn son’s suffocation
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to charges she wrapped her newborn son in a towel and plastic bag and left
Killeen wants U of Illinois tuition freeze
CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen would like to freeze tuition for in-state students at current levels but he isn’t sure if that is possible.
Beloved evergreen becomes Arlington Heights Christmas tree
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Helga and Charles Stephansen have nurtured an evergreen from a sapling they planted three decades ago in the side yard of their Arlington Heights home.
Researchers use crowdfunding to support hepatitis C study
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois Springfield researchers are using crowdfunding to raise money to test homeless people for hepatitis C.
Boy playing with gun shoots 10-year-old relative in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and injured a 10-year-old relative while playing with a gun on Chicago’s South Side.
University of Illinois calls for end to state budget battle
CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois trustees have adopted a resolution urging state lawmakers to end an impasse and pass a budget.
Medical helicopter targeted with laser beam in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a medical helicopter was targeted with a laser beam as it was landing at a Springfield hospital.
Family sues county coroner it says left body parts at scene
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The family of a man killed in a truck crash in southern Illinois is suing a county coroner’s office that it says failed to recover all of the victim’s body parts from the
Galesburg natives killed in Colorado Plane Crash
A couple native to Galesburg were killed in a plane crash near Colorado Springs, Colorado this past Monday.
AP: Illinois Democratic superdelegates lining up for Clinton
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention next summer appear to be lining up behind Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. An Associated Press survey of the state’s 26 superdelegates finds 13 are committed
Belleville woman gets 15 years in newborn son’s suffocation
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to charges she wrapped her newborn son in a towel and plastic bag and left
Ex-CSU official and mother accused in ghost payroll scheme
CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago State University official is accused of employing her mother in a ghost payrolling scheme and awarding a contract to a business owned by a friend without proper approval. LaShondra Peebles and
Beloved evergreen becomes Arlington Heights Christmas tree
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Helga and Charles Stephansen have nurtured an evergreen from a sapling they planted three decades ago in the side yard of their Arlington Heights home. Now the entire village can enjoy it
Killeen wants U of Illinois tuition freeze
CHICAGO (AP) — University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen would like to freeze tuition for in-state students at current levels but he isn’t sure if that is possible. Killeen told The News-Gazette in Champaign that “we need