Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill

Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the…

Indiana School Board Association reps decry level of state funding for public education

LU ANN FRANKLIN Times Correspondent

SCHERERVILLE | Education and school reform in Indiana mean different things to state legislators and those responsible for educating students …

211 systems served as Indiana residents help line

A study by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs shows that in much of Indiana, public officials aren't aware thei…

Indiana lawmakers unlikely to adopt lower drunken driving threshold

Dan Carden dan.carden@nwi.com, (317) 637-9078

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's federal-phobic Legislature likely won't follow a national safety panel's recommendation that states reduce their drun…

Vincennes schools invest in safety improvements

A southwestern Indiana school system is putting the finishing touches on more than $330,000 in building improvements to make their students sa…

Ind. teen competing in US geography, spelling bees

A northwestern Indiana seventh-grader who will represent Indiana in the National Geographic Bee is also one of 12 students from the state comp…

Woman's body recovered from S. Indiana quarry

Indiana conservation officers have recovered the body of a woman from a water-filled southern Indiana quarry.

As many as 7 hurt in 3-vehicle crash near Muncie

A crash involving three vehicles near Muncie has sent as many as seven people _ including five children _ to a hospital.

Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS | Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the…

Indiana Supreme Court blocks Lake judge's transfer

The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled a Lake County judge cannot transfer to a juvenile court because he didn't go through merit selection when …

Quiet tornado season a year after 14 die in Ind.

By TOM COYNE

A little more than a year after tornadoes ripped across southern Indiana, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and b…

Quinn pushes for ban on high-capacity ammunition

By SOPHIA TAREEN

Some of Illinois' top Democrats joined parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Sunday to call for a state ban on high-capacity ammuniti…

Police department looking for victims of con man

Police in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge have a sneaking suspicion that a man arrested on theft charges in March may have scammed dozens mor…

1-year-old girl killed when car rolls over her

A one-year-old girl was killed in East St. Louis when she was run over by a car after a boy sitting in the vehicle started the engine and put …

Springfield looking at local concealed carry law

Another community is exploring a possible ordinance on concealed guns in the event state lawmakers fail to pass a law by a federal court's deadline.

Aaliyah Brown lifts Lincoln Way East to 3A title

Aaliyah Brown did all she could to boost her Lincoln Way East team to the IHSA Class 3A girls Track and Field title Saturday. Brown won two in…

Mock murder trial challenges students

Felix Sarver The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle

SYCAMORE, Ill. | A murder trial held at the DeKalb County Courthouse was no easy assignment for the handful of students involved.

Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor's race

Sara Burnett Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters mor…

Ill. lawmakers face tough votes before adjourning

REGINA GARCIA CANO

The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the summer, leaving lawmakers with a tight deadlin…

Illinois cracks down on social media 'flash mobs'

Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to orga…

Chicago Teachers Union begins 3-day citywide march

By SOPHIA TAREEN

Hundreds of teachers, parents and students took to Chicago's streets Saturday, the first of three days of marches to protest Mayor Rahm Emanue…

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