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Fifth Illinois county supports 'fracking' moratorium

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:15 -0500

VIENNA, Ill. (AP) The Johnson County Board of Commissioners has passed a resolution supporting a statewide moratorium on high-volume oil and gas drilling.

Board Chairman Jeff Mears says commissioners voted 2-1 on Monday to support a one-year

Man charged with threatening ambassador, family

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:43 -0500

CHICAGO (AP) A Chicago-area man has been charged with threatening to kill the U.S. ambassador in Serbia and others in a dispute over a visa for his Serbian wife.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday that authorities

Illinois Senate committee endorses ammunition limit

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:22 -0500

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims testified Monday in favor of an Illinois limit on the size of ammunition magazines, a

5 killed in crash in Illinois; van coming from California

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:13:15 -0500

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A van carrying 11 men returning from a California religious gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times Monday,

Fire recruits help Rockford

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:07:32 -0500

This is an Illinois Spotlight story shared by the Rockford Register Star.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) Confronted by the deafening hiss and intense heat of a flaming natural-gas leak, Mike DeLaRosa puts faith in his heavy layers of firefighting

Woman on Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him'

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:47 -0500

CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a skyscraper-condo sale told jurors Monday she had qualms about suing the real estate

Quinn: Illinois has chance to make history

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:41 -0500

CHICAGO (AP) Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage.

The Chicago Democrat

Jury away but defendant on stand in family murders

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:25 -0500

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) Jurors in the trail of a man charged with killing five members of a central Illinois family have the day off. But the defendant is on the stand as a judge decides whether video of

Quinn reviewing medical marijuana bill

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:50 -0500

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says he's reviewing a bill that would legalize the medical use of marijuana.

The Chicago Democrat told the City Club of Chicago on Monday he's 'open minded' on the issue but wouldn't say if

Smokers adapting to ban at Illinois State University

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:15 -0500

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) School officials and some students say a ban on smoking in high traffic areas at Illinois State University is going smoothly so far.

The Bloomington Pantagraph reports the smoking ban affects the campus quad

Police: Explosives found during domestic dispute

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:21:36 -0500

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man who police say had an explosive device and gun inside his apartment during a domestic dispute is accused of recklessly discharging

East St. Louis man in wheelchair shot to death

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:04:22 -0500

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) Illinois State Police are assisting in the East St. Louis shooting death of a wheelchair-bound man.

Authorities say 47-year-old Tyrone Graham was found dead early Saturday after being shot in the back.

Services pending for toddler run over by car

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:03:58 -0500

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) Funeral services are pending for a 1-year-old girl who East St. Louis police say was run over by a car after a boy sitting in the vehicle started the engine and put it

Major CTA rebuilding will affect Chicago commute

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:03:32 -0500

CHICAGO (AP) Transit officials say the first rush hour of Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line construction project is going smoothly.

Monday is the first weekday of the $425 million project to rebuild the line on the city's

Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:54:14 -0500

CHICAGO (AP) — A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days — 384 times, up and around —

Trial in 2006 slaying at Burger King set to begin

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:02:46 -0500

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) The trial of a man charged in the strangling death of the manager of a Lindenhurst restaurant is set to begin nearly 7 years after the slaying.

The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports