FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child, an official said, and authorities are looking into...

CHICAGO — Lawyers for a white Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of a black 17-year-old are seeking...

CHICAGO — The president of a Chicago-area university says passage of a stopgap Illinois budget has enabled her to do what she's intended to do for a...

DALLAS -- At least two snipers opened fire on police officers during protests in Dallas on Thursday night, killing four officers and injuring seven others, police said.Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters the snipers fired "ambush style" upon ...

EUGENE, Oregon - It required a long wait Thursday night, but Lance Brooks eventually knew he'd advanced to the men's discus finals of the United States Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field.Brooks, a New Berlin High School graduate hoping to mak...

The Springfield Sliders narrowly escaped with a 4-3 win over the Quincy Gems in a Prospect League baseball game Thursday night at Robin Roberts Stadium.Springfield started the game with a two-run first inning thanks to a two-run home run from Victor Garci...

The amount of money awarded to participants in harness racing at the Illinois State Fair will increase for 2016.Prize money was drastically lower last year due to the lack of a state budget. Prize money for the 2015 Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes champio...

Crime Stoppers this week is looking for information that might help in the investigation of two separate thefts of heavy equipment in the area.The first theft was of a red Kubota tractor that was on a trailer at a storage area on Illinois 4 in Chatham lat...

Mark Ellison didn't expect his two-year fight against bedbugs in his seventh-floor apartment of the Hildebrandt Hi-Rise to get him into a tussle with the building's owner, the Springfield Housing Authority. "They keep treating me like I've done something...

The Old State Capitol, Dana-Thomas House and Lincoln's New Salem state historic sites will soon expand hours to seven days a week, the Illinois Historical Preservation Agency announced Thursday.Because of budget cuts, the three sites had been operating fo...