Illinois News

Ever since he was laid off in March, Frank Beil has been on the lookout. He keeps an eye out for cars moving slowly down the street or strangers walking along the sidewalk of his suburban Chicago neighborhood.

A first-grader in central Illinois gets to keep his autism helper dog in school, a Douglas County judge ruled Tuesday.

Graduate students who teach and research assistants at the University of Illinois have authorized a strike over a wage dispute.

On the eve of Veterans Day, Gov. Pat Quinn announced the site of the Illinois Veteransa Home at Chicago, a 200-bed facility that will begin construction in 2010.

A state-run loan program is expanding to help Illinois service members when their deployments end.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office wants to make sure people understand changes in the state's public records laws.

OXYGEN MASKS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE DEPARTMENTS, AND FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE TRAINED IN HOW TO USE THEM.

The Associated Press has asked a judge to deny a request by the attorneys of street artist Shepard Fairey to withdraw from his copyright battle over the Barack Obama "HOPE" poster.

A second soldier from Illinois has been identified as a victim of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.

Clipped in full from Illinois Review . I'm sure Fran won't mind. "If there's anything that Tuesday's elections in New Jersey and Virginia showed us, it's that the public is sick and tired of the Democrats' reckless policies, like the government-run option, that create more government and not more jobs.

Video Poker gambling in Illinois is now legal but, some counties are choosing not to participate.

One of two suspects accused of killing a southern Illinois man by hitting him in the head with a fire extinguisher has pleaded guilty.

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris plans to use a stop in Chicago to outline his position on proposed changes to the way health care is provided in America.

Kathryn Gowin was already spooked after she hit a deer with her Ford Explorer last week in southern Illinois.

In the wake of Thursday's outburst of violence at Fort Hood, here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: April 3, 2009: A 41-year-old man opened fire at an immigrant community center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 11 immigrants and two workers.

DEERFIELD TWP., Warren County - An Illinois man apparently shot himself in the head after firing at Warren County Sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic violence call on Saturday evening, Nov.

Rock Island County likely will spend $1 million this year sending juveniles out of the area for pre-trial detention.

A shoot-out at a Brooklyn strip club early Saturday littered the parking lot with shell casings, sent one man to the hospital, put five in jail and led the shooter to flee.

" The Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois State Diabetes Commission have launched an on-line survey to gain information about diabetes in Illinois.

The University of Illinois has received only a small fraction of the $317 million it is owed by the state for this fiscal year and has effectively frozen many open positions.