Sheriff confirms identities of plane crash victims

CHICAGO - Illinois elections officials disclosed fresh problems Wednesday with the state's automatic voter registration program, saying at least one eligible voter who declined was registered to vote anyway.

Most local lawmakers expressed the same two reactions to Gov. JB Pritzker's State of the State address Wednesday.

Saying greedy and corrupt public officials are a "scourge" on the state's political system, Gov.

Sangamon County Board member and long-time Springfield firefighter Tim Krell was waiting for Frank Edwards at his auto body shop when word came down that something might be wrong with the plane carrying Edwards, his wife Cinda and friend John Evans. It did not take long to determine that Frank Edwards - a former mayor, fire chief and alderman - and Cinda Edwards, the Sangamon County coroner, had died.

A Springfield man was indicted in Sangamon County Court Wednesday on two counts of first degree murder in the shooting death of Carlos Blue.

City Water, Light and Power officials presented retirement considerations for three coal-fired power plants before members of the Springfield City Council and the public in a long, tense forum Wednesday evening.

Still facing an impeachment trial in the Senate, President Donald Trump will celebrate the completion of one of his top legislative priorities Wednesday when he signs a revamped trade deal with Mexico and Canada.

GENEVA - The United Nations has been hacked.

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