27 January 2012, 5:54 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn wants to raise the age when students can drop out of school in Illinois.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 1:54 pm
CHICAGO (AP) -- Unemployment dropped in five of Illinois' 12 metro areas and increased in five others during December when compared to a year earlier.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 11:24 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- Unemployment dropped in five of Illinois' 12 metro areas and increased in five others during December when compared to a year earlier.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 9:24 am
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) -- Some experts believe this year's rising farmland prices in central Illinois could continue for at least the next year. Land sales companies say farmland prices in the region increased by more than 30 percent in 2011 to an average of more than $10,000 an acre.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 8:54 am
EQUALITY, Ill. (AP) -- A Marine from southeastern Illinois has died of a non-combat-related illness. The Department of Defense says 29-year-old Capt. Joshua Pairsh of Equality died Sunday in the United States. He was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 1:24 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- Sixteen percent of homes sold in Illinois in the third quarter of 2011 were in foreclosure or owned by a bank. That's according to a report released Thursday by Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac.... Read More »
25 January 2012, 11:09 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- New data from the Illinois State Police show a 6.1 percent increase in gun licenses in the state.... Read More »
25 January 2012, 10:54 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- New data from the Illinois State Police show a 6.1 percent increase in gun licenses in the state.... Read More »
25 January 2012, 5:24 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- State health officials say the number of abortions reported in Illinois has reached a 37-year low. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 41,859 abortions were reported in Illinois in 2010. That's down 9 percent from 2009.... Read More »
24 January 2012, 1:24 am
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Supreme Court is expected to announce a new policy allowing cameras in trial courts on an experimental and limited basis.... Read More »