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Champaign Mayor Don Gerard is apologizing after a volunteer for his campaign committee confronted a liquor store employee over a campaign sign that was taken down.Click to Continue »

Authorities have arrested the aunt of an eastern Illinois jail inmate on suspicion she helped aided his escape.Click to Continue »

The GO! St. Louis marathon and half-marathon this year not only features a flatter, faster course, it is becoming a two-state event.Click to Continue »

A man convicted of murder who escaped from an eastern Illinois prison by beating and choking a guard into unconsciousness and stealing his uniform, keys and SUV has been captured…Click to Continue »

As Illinois' 12 public universities were planning last month for the possibility of steep funding cuts proposed by the state's new Republican governor, Bruce Rauner, a state senator quietly proposed…Click to Continue »

Gov. Bruce Rauner has suspended $4.5 million in social services and public health grants to narrow a $1.6 billion budget gap.Click to Continue »

Since he took office, Gov. Bruce Rauner has said repeatedly he wants to let Illinois voters decide whether to set up their own local right-to-work zones, areas where union membership…Click to Continue »

A white supremacist from Missouri accused of killing three people at two Jewish centers in Kansas told a judge this week will keep his court-appointed attorneys "for now."Click to Continue »

The spring trout fishing season is opening at streams, lakes and ponds across Illinois.Click to Continue »

The U.S. Navy's top enlisted sailor will visit the Great Lakes Naval Station to kick off a project that makes electronic tablets a part of boot camp.Click to Continue »