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In this Aug. 27, 2009 file photo, former Illinois Comptroller and longtime state Sen. Dawn Clark Netsch is seen in Chicago. Netsch, 86, tells WMAQ-TV in Chicago that she is suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

Illinois home foreclosure activity rose 32.6 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year. But it was almost 10 percent lower than in 2010.

Illinois residents don't appear to be too fond of pets. Our state ranks in among the lowest in the nation for pet-owning households, with roughly a third of us owning dogs or cats. We have to admit, us animal-loving editors were a bit surprised.

Illinois home foreclosure activity rose 32.6 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year. But it was almost 10 percent lower than in 2010.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture is launching a campaign to encourage consumers to buy locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Illinois home foreclosure activity rose 32.6 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year. But it was almost 10 percent lower than in 2010.

Illinois home foreclosure activity rose 32.6 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year. But it was almost 10 percent lower than in 2010.

Illinois Democrats say they won't wait for Congress to act on gun control and planned to press ahead with a statewide ban on assault weapons and tighter firearms restrictions in Chicago.

Dawn Clark Netsch, an iconic Illinois political presence for more than six decades, had something to say. And time was of the essence. “I have ALS — Lou Gehrig’s disease,” she said in an interview, making public her recent diagnosis with the incurable, ultimately fatal disease. “It’s a tough one.” Facing ALS is her biggest challenge yet — and her most ironic: The lifelong White Sox fan has a ...

Illinois Democrats said Wednesday they won't wait for Congress to act on gun-control legislation and planned to press ahead with a statewide ban on assault weapons and tighter firearms restric…

U.S. Rep. Bill Enyart, D-Belleville, announced Wednesday he will form the Southern Illinois Gun Task

EDWARDSVILLE - A new police chief was appointed for Edwardsville: Major Jay Keeven of the Illinois S

Cubit plans to bring no-huddle system, feature more quick passing Bill Cubit called his time as offensive coordinator at Stanford a decade ago a "reclamation project." He sees his job as Illinois offensive coordinator in the same light.

Dawn Clark Netsch, an iconic Illinois political presence for more than six decades, had something to say. And time was of the essence. “I have ALS — Lou Gehrig’s disease,” she said in an interview, making public her recent diagnosis with the incurable, ultimately fatal disease. “It’s a tough one.” Facing ALS is her biggest challenge yet — and her most ironic: The lifelong White Sox fan has a ...

The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center has produced a new local documentary that focuses on the attempted neo-Nazi march in Skokie in the late 1970s. "Skokie: Invaded, but not Conquered" will premiere 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, on WTTW Channel 11.

Five vehicles were involved in a collision before 9 a.m Wednesday at Illinois 161 and Lebanon Avenue

BENTON — A federal grand jury has indicted 17 local residents for methamphetamine-related offenses, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton announced today.

The 15th annual Illinois Products Expo is scheduled for March 2-3 in the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady is taking more heat for supporting gay marriage — this time from his hometown party counterparts.

Educators in a downstate community near Peoria are poised to make their school system the first in Illinois to arm administrators with handguns in a bid to “beef up security” following last month’s Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut. With backing from state gun-rights advocates, the school board in Washington, Ill., began mulling the idea this month after the city’s police ...