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Some aspiring Missouri teachers are finding themselves struggling on a new test they must pass to get a job.Click to Continue »

A Civil War veteran has been buried with his family in southwest Missouri in a ceremony that included re-enactors and cannon blasts.Click to Continue »

Some aspiring Missouri teachers are finding themselves struggling on a new test they must pass to get a job.Click to Continue »

Authorities in Cook County are investigating the death of the CEO of a company involved in a lawsuit with the state of Illinois over the company's failed bid for a…Click to Continue »

Authorities have identified a man found fatally shot inside his St. Louis home.Click to Continue »

Two bills that would affect motorists with repeat drunken driving convictions are awaiting final votes in the Illinois House.Click to Continue »

Hundreds of volunteers have descended on two northern Illinois communities that were devastated by deadly tornadoes last week.Click to Continue »

Republican lawmakers are using their large majorities this session to try to limit the social safety net on a number of fronts, despite concerns from Democrats and advocates that the…Click to Continue »

Police say a Chicago man has been charged after an 8-year-old boy accidentally was shot last week while playing with a gun.Click to Continue »

New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Madison and St. Clair counties in southern Illinois are shrinking in population.Click to Continue »