Utica sees grief, devastation–and hope
A few minnows still were swimming in the tank at the Starved Rock Bait and Tackle shop Thursday, a sure sign to owner Jim Collins that all was not lost...
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Republican aims to unite party, but divorce issue refuses to fade
Just hours after sealing his victory as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Jack Ryan began his general election fight Wednesday, faced not only with being the expected underdog, but...
Voters have distinct choices in fall
This story contains corrected material, published March 18, 2004 Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Jack Ryan are both Harvard educated, loaded with charisma and sport made-for-TV good looks, but that's...
Republican was in front from start
Political newcomer Jack Ryan rode his image as a conservative with a conscience to victory Tuesday, becoming the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate. Ryan, 44, marched toward an easy...
Ryan tops crowded GOP field
Political newcomer Jack Ryan rode his image as a conservative with a conscience to victory Tuesday, becoming the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate. Ryan, 44, marched toward an easy...
Candidates scramble for 11th-hour support
A caravan of Illinois politicians barnstormed across the state Saturday in a last-ditch bid for votes, plugging their candidacies at events ranging from St. Patrick's Day parades and city bingo...
Hull concedes he took cocaine in early ’80s
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Blair Hull acknowledged Wednesday he used cocaine and marijuana until the early 1980s and had twice sought evaluation for alcohol abuse. Meanwhile, the Republican Senate contest...
Candidate without faults is a rarity
State Sen. Barack Obama claims the mantle of a reformer, but early last month the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate spent $17,191 in state taxpayer money on a mailer that had...
Democrats rip school funding
Although most of the leading Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate support the federal No Child Left Behind Act's overriding goal of increasing accountability in public schools, they uniformly blast how...
Ex-wife refuses to back down from Hull
Beleaguered U.S. Senate candidate Blair Hull on Friday produced an array of character witnesses to blunt accusations he verbally and physically abused his ex-wife Brenda Sexton, but Sexton shot back...