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Greene County and Springfield authorities say they are pleased with early results of a new policy that won't let drivers refuse to take blood alcohol content tests.Click to Continue »

The Schumer-Durbin friendship has recently fallen on hard times in a scenario unimaginable to some of their friends, but one that may have been predictable given their mutual ambition.Click to Continue »

Two robbery suspects have been arrested after taking selfies on an iPhone stolen from a 13-year-old boy in East Chicago.Click to Continue »

It's early in the season and the South Bend Cubs minor league baseball team already has set a record.Click to Continue »

The city of Columbia plans to use a $1.37 million federal grant to improve and extend two runways at the Columbia Regional Airport.Click to Continue »

Police in the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood are investigating the death of a 5-year-old girl.Click to Continue »

A St. Louis man has been ordered to spend a decade in federal prison for his role in two southern Illinois bank holdups in 2013.Click to Continue »

While golfers putted on a nearby green, Frank Zimmerman and Guy Fraker had birdies of a different kind on their minds.Click to Continue »

Faculty pay at the University of Illinois is among the highest in the Big Ten.Click to Continue »

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez plans to introduce an overhaul of her office's drug policies regarding low level marijuana possession and other recreational drugs.Click to Continue »