EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Authorities in Madison County say a 7-year-old boy died when the all-terrain vehicle he was riding went out of control and crashed into a tree.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — City officials in Springfield say plans are in the works to require city workers to take diversity and sensitivity training after two nooses were found hanging at city facilities.
The receiver handling operations at a suburban Chicago cemetery where former employees are accused of digging up graves to resell plots said Monday it will take about $500,000 to reopen the historic Black graveyard.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Close some prisons. Release low-risk inmates and hire more parole officers. Send imprisoned illegal immigrants to their home countries. Save hundreds of millions of dollars.
BENTON, Ill. — A southern Illinois teenager has died two weeks after being accidentally dragged by a car during a gathering with friends in a Rend Lake parking lot.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A southwestern Illinois man faces up to 100 years in prison after being convicted of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend's son nearly a year ago.
A former Chicago police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for taking cash from a tow-truck driver to help him beat rivals to accident scenes.
