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State workers anxious as lawmakers debate pensions
SPRINGFIELD | An Illinois agency manager might have to delay retirement. A former university secretary wonders if she'll have to cancel vacati…
Indiana News
Ind. woman wounded in shooting had admitted fraud
Police in northern Indiana are investigating whether a shooting that wounded a woman in her home is related to her pleading guilty to taking p…
Evansville leaders disagree over planned hotel
A proposed 12-story hotel and apartment complex in downtown Evansville is facing opposition from City Council leaders who worry it is too expe…
C. Ind. county sued by arrested Occupy protesters
Two Occupy protesters are suing sheriff's officers in a central Indiana county who they say shoved one of them roughly into a wall and arreste…
Donors help after girl's stand shut down at track
A 10-year-old girl has raised much more money for a charity than she expected after her lemonade stand was shut down at the Indianapolis Motor…
1950s McDonald's sign back at C. Ind. restaurant
An original 1950s-era McDonald's sign is back in front of a central Indiana restaurant.
Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationism
Ball State University is investigating an atheist organization's complaint that one of the professors at the Indiana college is teaching relig…
Ind. farmers make quick progress planting corn
Warm, sunny weather has allowed northern and central Indiana farmers to make quick progress planting their corn crop despite lingering wet con…
Storm causes scattered Indiana power outages
A line of thunderstorms that moved across Indiana caused scattered building damage and power outages for several thousand homes and businesses.
C. Indiana county leaders back reservoir study
Leaders of a central Indiana county are backing more study of a proposed major reservoir.
Expert: Summer gas costs likely lower than 2012
A Purdue University economist says he expects this summer's gasoline prices to be lower than last year.
Illinois News
Man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing Bears fan
A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football …
NIU administrator to retire after FBI probe
A Northern Illinois University administrator who went on leave after an FBI investigation will retire at the end of the month.
Ill. House committee approves Medicaid expansion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | A key Illinois House committee has approved an expansion of Medicaid to cover low-income adults who don't have children at…
Ill. House committee approves Medicaid expansion
A key Illinois House committee has approved an expansion of Medicaid to cover low-income adults who don't have children at home, despite scrut…
Ill. House committee OKs fracking regulatory bill
A proposal that aims to create thousands of jobs in southern Illinois by kick-starting high-volume oil and gas drilling cleared a top committe…
Quinn praises House committee on 'fracking' vote
Gov. Pat Quinn says he hopes a bill that would kick-start high-volume oil and gas drilling in southern Illinois passes "swiftly" through the I…
Illinois tea party to protest at IRS offices
Members of Illinois' tea party movement say they'll protest outside IRS offices in four cities over revelations that the agency targeted conse…
3 Brookfield Zoo dolphins expecting
Chicago Zoological Society officials say three Brookfield Zoo bottlenose dolphins are pregnant.
Storms pound Mount Olive, other Illinois sites
Cleanup efforts are underway in the southwestern Illinois community of Mount Olive after severe storms pummeled that community, damaging at le…
Man accused in woman's shooting death in Benton
A southern Illinois man is jailed on $2 million bond after being accused in the shooting death of a woman outside a card shop in the Franklin …
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