CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Officials at Southern Illinois University say the Carbondale school intends to create a nursing program. SIU-Carbondale interim provost Meera Komarraju...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state comptroller’s office has released nearly $11 million for construction at two Illinois Veterans’ Homes. Susana Mendoza’s office announced...

By GREG BISHOP (Illinois Radio Network) State lawmakers could continue to require law enforcement agencies to track data on the race of people they...

SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) – A Wisconsin man has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of an Illinois state trooper who was helping victims...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Officials staffing the state Emergency Operations Center in Springfield will be monitoring flooding in southern Illinois and will prepare to...

CHICAGO (AP) – Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will face former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot in a runoff to become Chicago’s next mayor....

DETROIT (AP) – Fiat Chrysler says it’s cutting about 1,400 jobs at a plant in Belvidere, Illinois, that makes Jeep Cherokees – a move...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A 30-year Illinois public schools veteran has been named Illinois state schools superintendent. Carmen Ayala was introduced Tuesday after the...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) – A group of sightseers injured by a “lava bomb” during a boat tour in Hawaii have filed a lawsuit. The...

  By HERBERT G. McCANN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) – Voters are getting a chance to pick Chicago’s next mayor from a field of...