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Legislation to create a bobcat hunting season has advanced in the Illinois General Assembly.Click to Continue »

A University of Illinois graduate who is CEO of a Taiwan-based technology company has given the university $12 million to pay for an addition to the school's Mechanical Engineering Building.Click to Continue »

Preparations for next month's reenactment of Abraham Lincoln's funeral include tree trimming at Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery.Click to Continue »

Chicago police have shot and killed a man in the city's South Shore neighborhood after officers said he pointed a gun at them.Click to Continue »

A 35-mile section of the Mississippi River has been closed after Phillips 66 says about 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked in southwestern Illinois.Click to Continue »

Attorneys for a man charged with trying to join the Islamic State group have filed a motion seeking the dismissal of the charges.Click to Continue »

Funeral services for Cardinal Francis George will be held Thursday at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral.Click to Continue »

A federal judge in St. Louis has approved the release on bail of two people who are accused of supporting Islamic State fighters overseas.Click to Continue »

Local speakers told state Senate Appropriations Committee members Friday morning that the proposed budget cuts will be devastating to the metro-east.Click to Continue »

Reaction to the death of Cardinal Francis George, a leading voice in Roman Catholic orthodoxy who led the Archdiocese of Chicago for 17 years before he stepped down in December:Click to Continue »