Illinois News

A Northwest Side woman has been charged with sexual assault of a child who is a female relative.

Gov. Pat Quinn expects action "rather quickly" on a proposal to sell a state prison in northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

An underground southern Illinois coal mine will close by the end of the year. Knight Hawk Coal says the 50 workers at the Royal Falcon mine near the boundary of Franklin and Jackson counties will be offered transfers to the company's Prairie Eagle site near Cutler, in nearby Perry County.

The hair is back. Republican Andy McKenna is launching another ad in his campaign for governor that uses former Gov.

A Navy Reservist from Freeport in northwestern Illinois has died in a noncombat vehicle crash in Kuwait.

City Schools board members aren't saying why they chose the pair of applicants they did in their search for a new director of schools.

Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that allows Illinois servicemembers who have been injured abroad to apply for $5,000 grants.

Today, members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation joined Congressman Peter Roskam in sending a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a National Security Council briefing, after one of the five Democrat Senate candidates, Alexi Giannoulias, disclosed that he received a NSC briefing in an interview this morning .

You can now look up information about Illinois hospitals on the Web. A collection of data, ranging from prices to the number of medical procedures they perform, goes online Thursday.

Sentencing will be in March for three Illinoisans swept up in the largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history.

The Illinois Department of Transportation says where possible it will suspend lane closures along state roadways over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Republican members of Congress from Illinois have a few questions for Gov. Pat Quinn about possibly using a state prison to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Business appears to be slowly improving in rural areas of 11 Midwest and Plains states, but the economy there remains weak, according to a new survey of bankers.

With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democratic leaders pushed ahead Friday toward a crucial weekend test voteon their sweeping health care bill amid indications the rank-and-file would stand together on President Barack Obama's signature issue.

The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some areas.

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama.

Illinois motorists have been urged to start getting ready for winter driving. The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police said Thursday that they are making final preparations for snowy and icy roadway conditions.

Pete Hoekstra, Rob Simmons and Mark Kirk are among the GOP candidates seeking an edge in the W.H. decision to try terror suspects on U.S. soil.

The two big name Democratic candidates for governor have a busy week ahead. Gov. Pat Quinn and challenger Dan Hynes will meet up at two candidate forums Wednesday.

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.