Illinois lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week for their first in-person sessions since Jan. 4.
Ben Roethlisberger announces his retirement, and a Tennessee school board has removed a book about the Holocaust from its curriculum, as the world observes Holocaust remembrance day. Here's more top news from the day.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A combative Roy Moore took the witness stand Thursday in a defamation case against him, insisting he did not know a woman who says he sexually molested her when she was 14.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's secretary of state said Thursday that reparations for African Americans should be limited to people whose forbears were kidnapped from their homeland, stripped of their ancestry and left with nothing after generations of forced labor.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker said Thursday that he’s staying in the Republican race for U.S. Senate, despite falling behind top rivals in fundraising and lacking former President Donald Trump’s endorsement for the seat.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a U.S. Senate that was upended by toxic Supreme Court battles during the Trump era, the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick has the potential for something else: a return to calmer political normalcy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden strongly affirmed Thursday that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, declaring such historic representation is “long overdue” and promising to announce his choice by the end of February.
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House rejected a proposed amendment to a sweeping voting rights bill Thursday that would have let voters register and cast ballots on the same day.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker said Thursday that he’s staying in the Republican race for U.S. Senate, despite falling behind top rivals in fundraising and lacking former President Donald Trump’s endorsement for the seat.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a U.S. Senate that was upended by toxic Supreme Court battles during the Trump era, the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick has the potential for something else: a return to calmer political normalcy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden strongly affirmed Thursday that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, declaring such historic representation is “long overdue” and promising to announce his choice by the end of February.
COVID-19 is once again sweeping through Illinois’ prisons, sickening thousands of Illinois prisoners and hundreds of staff members. And while hospitalizations have been rare during the latest wave, state prison officials are struggling to keep a lid on the infection rate.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Hospital staffs remain stretched thin statewide in Nevada but health officials said Thursday they believe a monthlong surge in COVID-19 cases has peaked in the Las Vegas area and should be cresting soon in Reno and the rest of the state.
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Illinois lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week for their first in-person sessions since Jan. 4.
COVID-19 is once again sweeping through Illinois’ prisons, sickening thousands of Illinois prisoners and hundreds of staff members. And while hospitalizations have been rare during the latest wave, state prison officials are struggling to keep a lid on the infection rate.
Relatives of Laquan McDonald held a news conference Thursday morning, during which they demanded federal charges be filed against former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed 17-year-old McDonald in 2014.
The St. Clair County State's Attorney's office on Wednesday charged an East St. Louis man with the armed robbery of a Fairview Heights hobby store.
A Mattoon woman has been charged for failing to register as a violent offender against youth.
An Arcola man has been charged with having sexual intercourse with a juvenile on multiple occasions.
Three men have been charged Coles County Circuit Court in connection with a fight that included shots being fired Friday, Jan. 14, in Charleston.
Take a look back at crimes that will be forever etched into Central Illinois' collective psyche.
Illinois lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week for their first in-person sessions since Jan. 4.
A former Alorton police officer, who had pleaded guilty in federal court to collecting approximately $60,000 in fraudulent pay by lying about the time he was on duty, was sentenced in a U. S. district court on Wednesday.
Homeowners will be able to apply for a grant of up to $30,000.
At least 200 Missouri residents cross the Mississippi River each day to work in Illinois government facilities where they can make a significantly larger paycheck.