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05/18/2013, 6:36 pm
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the ...
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05/18/2013, 4:46 pm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With just two weeks left in the legislative session, Illinois lawmakers have a full plate of ...
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05/18/2013, 12:53 pm
CHICAGO (AP) — Some lucky winners of the Illinois Lottery weren't so lucky when they went to cash their checks. ...
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05/18/2013, 12:52 pm
RIPLEY, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 20-year-old man missing since a boating accident a week ago has been ...
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05/18/2013, 12:51 pm
CATLIN, Ill. (AP) — The driver of a semi-trailer truck has walked away without serious injury after his vehicle collided ...
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05/18/2013, 12:50 pm
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois now has tougher penalties for those who use social media to organize violent 'flash mobs' like ...
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05/18/2013, 12:49 pm
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man is being accused of using his cellphone video camera to record women ...
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05/18/2013, 9:38 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Overnight shootings in Chicago have killed three people and injured at least eight others, including a 16-year-old ...
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05/18/2013, 7:49 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Karen Lewis says she and her slate of candidates have been re-elected to top offices of ...
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05/18/2013, 7:48 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart says there is an outbreak of lice and scabies at the ...
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05/18/2013, 7:48 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union is launching a three-day march around the city in protest of Mayor Rahm ...
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05/18/2013, 7:47 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Fair Museum Foundation is looking for 10 people to honor as Illinoisans of ...
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05/18/2013, 7:47 am
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A defense attorney says he will appeal a judge's refusal to reconsider a Deerfield's man 47-year ...
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05/18/2013, 7:46 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Apollo 13 astronaut Capt. James Lovell Jr. will help dedicate a Chicago memorial garden paying tribute ...
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05/18/2013, 7:45 am
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Although the future of Scott Air Force Base in southern Illinois won't be in question for ...
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05/18/2013, 7:44 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Three Chicago teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and posting the attack on Facebook. ...
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05/17/2013, 5:15 pm
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Illinois' largest union has given the final go ahead on a three-year contract with the state. ...
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05/17/2013, 2:35 pm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Senate Democrats are proposing a $156 million boost in primary and secondary education next ...
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05/17/2013, 1:40 pm
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer from southwestern Illinois has begun serving a six-year prison sentence for ...
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05/17/2013, 1:40 pm
CHICAGO (AP) — A state commission that investigates alleged police torture says seven cases have merit for more investigation. ...
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05/17/2013, 1:40 pm
CHICAGO (AP) — Community groups in Illinois have been given more time to apply for $28 million in grants ...
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05/17/2013, 1:39 pm
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Poison Center says it has received a handful of calls this week about ...
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05/17/2013, 1:39 pm
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The mother of a southwestern Illinois teenager killed a car crash is being accused of ...
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05/17/2013, 9:38 am
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — The father of a central Illinois teenager who pulled a gun in his class and ...
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05/17/2013, 9:38 am
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A convicted Iowa bank robber serving a roughly six-year sentence at a federal prison camp ...
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05/17/2013, 9:38 am
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A federal prison inmate already serving a 17-year sentence on Missouri drug and gun charges ...
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05/17/2013, 9:37 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a 15-year-old boy has been fatally shot in the head on Chicago's South Side. ...
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05/17/2013, 9:37 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump got his chance this week to speak to jurors at a civil trial in ...
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05/17/2013, 9:37 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers have approved a measure aimed at boosting the upkeep of veterans' memorials. ...
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05/17/2013, 9:36 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon wants to see all colleges and universities in Illinois feature a ...
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05/17/2013, 9:35 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say DNA will be used to determine the identity of the decomposed remains of an ...
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05/17/2013, 9:35 am
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — An East St. Louis firefighter says he's appealing his firing after his alleged ...
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05/17/2013, 9:34 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois Senate panel approved a measure Thursday allowing the carrying of concealed weapons, but ...
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05/17/2013, 9:33 am
MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A former suburban Chicago high school track star, home after his first year in college, ...
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05/17/2013, 9:32 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says lawmakers will need to take 'tough positions' to reach ...
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05/17/2013, 9:31 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Seven men and one woman have been indicted for alleged heroin trafficking on Chicago's West Side ...
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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