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Jury finds man guilty of murdering babyFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The verdict came in at 2:15 Thursday: Akeem Whitfield was found guilty of second-degree murder for causing the death of his girlfriend's baby, 10-month old Iyonna Brown....
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Butler County talks election preparationsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - On Monday, Butler County Commissioners heard from County Clerk Ron Roberts who gave an update on his department's preparations for this year's upcoming elections. ...
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Video: Reptiles rock: Snakes and lizards at Boston's Museum of ScienceFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Like lots of males in the mood for love, this horny guy licks his lips with a slithery tongue, puffs out his chest and makes weird eeeh-eeeehing sounds. My son-in-law? F...
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Senate committee wants to increase state income taxFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A Senate committee approved a plan Wednesday to increase Illinois' income tax rates for individuals and corporations, generating more than $7 billion for education and p...
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Plastic bags still in some grocers' plansFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - 'Paper or plastic?" will remain an option for shoppers at most local grocery stores for now. Despite Whole Foods Market's plan to eliminate all plastic bags at its ch...
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Burn barrels troubling to health officialsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - In rural communities and some municipalities black, stinking smoke issuing from a rusted burn barrel is a common site and smell. Could there be a connection to illness? ...
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CHUCK SWEENY: Honor students' memories with memorial, not hallFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - It's entirely appropriate for Northern Illinois University to want to build a memorial to the five students killed and others wounded by a severely disturbed gunman at C...
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Jury spares Cutts' lifeFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The way Bobby L. Cutts Jr. explained the death of Jessie M. Davis seemed too convenient, and more than a little unbelievable, to the jurors who heard his tearful testimo...
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State Briefs 2/28/08Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Public television station saved from extinction by donors PEORIA - Thanks to 6,400 central Illinois contributors, WTVP-TV, Channel 47, stays on the air. ...
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Kevin Frisch: Clintons get a case of the WilleysFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - If, as appears increasingly likely, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama scores primary victories Tuesday in Texas and Ohio, there is likely to be one particularly unhappy woman. ...