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Funeral services are scheduled for a northwestern Illinois teenager killed by a Zion police officer.Click to Continue »

Less water is being released from the Missouri River's dams this spring because officials expect only 80 percent of the normal amount of water to flow into the river basin…Click to Continue »

An aunt of a convicted murderer caught in Chicago after escaping jail is being held on $50,000 bail on accusations that she lied to police looking for her nephew.Click to Continue »

Illinois has its first baby wild bison in about 200 years.Click to Continue »

St. Louis police are investigating a bizarre shooting after a man got up from lying in the street and shot at two women.Click to Continue »

An appeals court says porn publisher Larry Flynt can join a lawsuit seeking to force Missouri to disclose more details of its execution methods.Click to Continue »

The Federal Communications Commission has been asked to look into the issue of robocalls, the automated phone messages favored by political campaigns, charities and scammers. At issue is whether phone…Click to Continue »

Satellite TV representatives say the Illinois legislature shouldn't revive an idea to add a 5 percent tax to customers' bills to pay for public works projects.Click to Continue »

A man whose son was shot and killed by a police officer in Wisconsin is supporting a Missouri measure to require external investigations into police-involved deaths.Click to Continue »

Election officials say voting in the city's runoff election is going smoothly although turnout has been light.Click to Continue »