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To be sure, the staff at this Mexican eatery aren't engaged in any mind-bending experiments when it comes to combining meat, cheese, beans and tortillas, but that's not to say they're serving up the same ol' ...

Six people were arrested after allegedly fighting with baseball bats early Wednesday.

A 45-year-old Bunker Hill man pleaded guilty to home invasion Monday in exchange for a prosecution agreement to drop two attempted murder charges and for his testimony in the trial of convicted murderer Joseph ...

A report on the upcoming 100th anniversary of the FBI; a profile of actress Doris Day; an interview with director Christopher Nolan ; and conversations with artists who are enamored with carousels.

Police say a teen driver impaled by a fencepost during a car crash in May was drunk.

On September 3, participants will gather at the IGA in Mount Vernon . They will then meet the truck carrying the wall at the intersection of I-64 and Illinois Route 37 passing through Sesser, Christopher, ...

The board of trustees recently approved a reportwith its annual request for state funding for new building projects.

Retired Highland High School Principal Andy Carmitchel closed the book on a 34-year career in education last year.

In downtown St. Charles, it's best to keep your eyes peeled these days or you just might miss it.

These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, the report includes when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.

When the 2008 Hampshire Area Guide is mailed to every address in Hampshire, Burlington and Pingree Grove on Wednesday, it will be decorated with four watercolor artworks painted by Genoa artist David Zoberis to ...

Authorities in Kankakee say they've charged a 21-year-old woman with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a legless man whose body was pulled from the Kankakee River this week.

THE SOUTHERN Businesses busted for selling alchol to minors DU QUOIN - Employees at several businesses were cited for selling alcohol to minors as a result of a District 13 state police sting in May.

Felony charges have been dropped against a man whod been accused in a March 24 shooting outside a York City bar, and charges also will be dropped against a second man charged in the case, police said.

Drug arrests: Charles Brown, 20, Waukegan, was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia recently at 293 Joanna Court.

Ethel L. Eardley, 97, passed away at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Bethalto Care Center.

Jefferson and Adams streets could be out while Washington Street through Downtown Peoria remains as part of an engineer's examination of the U.S. Route 24 corridor, city documents show.

WHAT'S OPEN AND WHAT'S NOT Closed Federal, state, city and county offices U.S. Postal Service Springfield public schools Robert Morris College Lincoln Library and its branches Lincoln Land Community College ...

Howard County arrests Friday, 1:22 a.m., police arrested Ronald K. Abney, 48, 600 block of East Fisher Street, at that residence, on a charge of invasion of privacy.

These items are from Des Plaines Police Department incident reports. The Des Plaines Journal publishes this police blotter every Wednesday and Friday. via Journal & Topics Newspapers