ST. JOSEPH, Mich. - A jail inmate trying to escape from a western Michigan courthouse wrested a gun from an officer Monday, killing two bailiffs and injuring two more people before he was fatally shot by other officers, a sheriff said. People scrambled fo...

Springfield police say a 59-year-old Peoria man was driving drunk when he pulled in front of a motorcyclist at 11th Street and South Grand Avenue Saturday evening.Police arrested John A. Williams on suspicion of driving under the influence. He was also ci...

Growing up in Kentucky, one of Alan Lowe's first memories was visiting Abraham Lincoln's birthplace.On Monday, Lowe took over as the new director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield."The thought of being able to be the ...

The SAT will replace the PARCC assessment as the high school accountability exam in Illinois, the State Board of Education announced Monday.Students in third through eighth grades will continue to take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colle...

Walking into a room on the first floor of the Old State Capitol Monday morning, tour guide Alan Stutz explained that the long table in the middle was where Abraham Lincoln wrote his "House Divided" speech in 1858. Gary Marx's face lit up."Just to think...

Independent 13th Congressional District U.S. House candidate Dr. David Gill, whose nominating petitions are being challenged, may go to federal court to overturn the requirement that he needs more than 14 times the valid signatures needed by Democratic an...

DECATUR -- A black man who was shot and wounded by police in Decatur early Monday was armed with a BB gun that resembled a real handgun, according to police.Authorities said officers responded to reports of a man armed with a gun around 1 a.m. Police init...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will visit Springfield on Wednesday, her campaign confirmed Monday. While details of the visit were not yet announced, a source said Clinton will be speaking at the Old State Capitol about 10:45 a.m. to an...

JOLIET -- Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says state and local governments are partnering with a private company to relieve traffic congestion and provide easier access to a major commercial transport hub near Joliet.Rauner announced the agreement Monday at Ce...

CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys face a midnight deadline for motions regarding the sentence they'd like former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to receive when his case returns to court for a resentencing hearing next month.Both sides we...