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The hippie cult leader convicted of orchestrating the gruesome murders of actress Sharon Tate and six other people has died. Charles Manson died Sunday of natural causes at age 83. In 1969, Manson, a scruffy ex-convict with a magnetic hold…

DECATUR — Moderate temperatures, clear skies and light, though occasionally gusty, winds will prevail over most of Illinois, as some of the year's busiest travel days — by land or air — take hold before and after Thanksgiving Day.

URBANA — The University of Illinois plans to offer new degrees that combine computer science with music or crop sciences.

CHICAGO — For more than 50 years, the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been in the public eye as an activist, a two-time presidential candidate and a guiding force in the modern civil rights movement.

DECATUR -- Sheree Park and her family picked out just enough toys to fill a shoebox.

DECATUR -- Irene Helfer, thankful to just be alive, spent part of her Sunday helping to send a gift of Thanksgiving to others.

MONTROSE -- A 16-year-old Teutopolis driver and a child passenger were injured Saturday night when their sport utility vehicle went off the road north of Montrose in Cumberland County and came to rest in a creek.

Community Thanksgiving a Decatur tradition

MOUNT ZION — On a two-acre plot in the southern part of the village of Mount Zion, construction has begun in earnest on a new 1-million gallon water tower to serve the community for what village Administrator Julie Miller hopes…

A 48-year-old Effingham man was found shot to death in the 1600 block of North Edward Street on Saturday night, police said.