Chance of car collisions with deer increases in Illinois
Looking for another reason to live in Hawaii? Here it is: For the eighth consecutive year, the state that many consider paradise is where drivers are least likely to collide...
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Champaign anchor Dave Benton has terminal cancer
On a recent newscast for the Champaign station where he works, anchor Dave Benton shared a grim personal development. "Doctors have told me that I may have four to six...
Repeat offender shows complex DUI challenges
Repeat drunken driver Leslie Thurow walked out of Cook County Jail last Thursday night with orders to stay off the roads and report to probation. But on Tuesday she was...
DUI plea deals sidestep mandatory license loss
Illinois' tough-sounding DUI statutes make one thing clear: Those arrested for drunken driving are almost guaranteed to lose their licenses for a time. But in suburbs across the Chicago area,...
Quinn’s speed-limit bill veto adds fuel to debate
In rejecting a bill that would have raised speed limits to 70 mph throughout Illinois' 286-mile network of tollways, Gov. Pat Quinn reignited the debate on what constitutes the safest...
Snobs, snakes twist Naperville’s image
It's shaping up to be a rough couple of weeks for Naperville's image. First came news the city is the fourth snobbiest mid-size town in America. Now reports have surfaced...
Repairs of Iconic Native American statue on the Rock River delays restoration
OREGON, Ill. – The iconic Eternal Indian statue on the bluffs along the Rock River has deteriorated more than originally thought, delaying its restoration and upping the cost, the group...
Repairs of Iconic Native American statue on the Rock River delays restoration
OREGON, Ill. – The iconic Eternal Indian statue on the bluffs along the Rock River has deteriorated more than originally thought, delaying its restoration and upping the cost, the group...
Half-century later, ‘Kennedy Compromise’ yields Lake Michigan erosion
The flow of sand on the southernmost tip of Lake Michigan is out of balance, creating serious erosion in some places and too much sand in others, experts say. After...
Wheaton shelter honors vets lost by saving vulnerable
Raised on Chicago's South Side and in Oak Lawn, Bob Adams enlisted in the Navy in 1966 hoping to outmaneuver the draft and avoid combat during the Vietnam War. Instead,...