Aring, Beecher keep playoff hopes alive

SENECA | To Brandon DuBois, his Beecher baseball team is 3-0 this season.

Illinois lawmakers seek study for future east-west passenger rail development

SPRINGFIELD | Lawmakers are signaling for more statewide passenger train service by showing support for the potential creation of an east-west rail corridor.

Wisconsin monk on bail in abduction case living in Lansing

WAUKEGAN, Ill. | A Benedictine monk from Wisconsin who faces charges he tried to abduct four Illinois girls has been released on bond and is living in Lansing.

Jonathan Toews

Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews waits for a faceoff against the Detroit Red Wings during Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals in Detroit on Thursday.

Michal Handzus, Justin Abdelkader

Blackhawks center Michal Handzus checks Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brendan Smith during the second period Thursday.

Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series lead

DETROIT | Jakub Kindl scored on a power play in the second period, Daniel Cleary had an empty-net goal and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings hold on for a 2-0 victory over the Blackhawks on Thursday night, putting the NHL's best team during the regular season on the br…

Sponsor: Gambling talks bill in final negotiations

SPRINGFIELD| The new sponsor of a plan to expand Illinois' gambling says legislation proposing five new casinos is in final negotiations.

New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — The Obama administration has chosen a private attorney and former federal prosecutor who helped send former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to prison for corruption to head the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, Illinois' senators announced Thursday.

nwi.com Political Roundtable

The May 23 edition of the Roundtable looks at Indiana's receptiveness to business, the Boy Scouts voting to include homosexual scouts and President Obama's comments on drone warfare.

TF South graduates 458