CHICAGO - Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a temporary restraining order, putting the measure back on hold.
Nov 05, 2009 | 3:00 am | Loading…
URBANA - Trying to regroup after an admissions scandal, trustees at the University of Illinois accepted the resignation of the school's president on Saturday and named a popular former president as his temporary replacement.
Oct 03, 2009 | 8:10 pm | Loading…
COLUMBIA - The state attorney general's office asked to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of a family who is suing their local school district to allow their autistic son to bring his service dog into the classroom.
Oct 02, 2009 | 11:10 pm | Loading…
CHICAGO (AP) - The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some around town hope the International Olympic Committee deems the Second City the second city.
Sep 30, 2009 | 8:25 am | Loading…
CHICAGO - Gov. Pat Quinn says a proposed cigarette tax could be a short-term solution to restore funding to the state's largest financial aid program for college students.
Sep 29, 2009 | 7:05 pm | Loading…
MELROSE PARK - A longtime Chicago area family amusement park is closing this weekend.
Sep 27, 2009 | 6:00 pm | Loading…
BELLEVILLE - Two southwestern Illinois teens are facing felony charges after allegedly attacking a schoolmate on a school bus.
Sep 19, 2009 | 6:40 pm | Loading…
SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's changing positions on a "cap and trade'' environmental bill are inspiring angry boos from some fellow Republicans and accusations of flip-flopping from Democrats.
Sep 18, 2009 | 10:15 pm | Loading…
BELLEVILLE -- A southwestern Illinois woman accused of trying to drown her newborn daughter in a toilet has been found mentally fit for trial.
Sep 17, 2009 | 7:45 am | Loading…
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