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• Buffs a team on the rise? Illini the foe in NCAAs

  March 21, 2013 8:09 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - For 50 years, Colorado could usually be dismissed as a program floating around the backwaters of college basketball. Since coach Tad Boyle arrived in 2010, Colorado has looked a lot like a program on the rise. Boyle has led Colorado to the NCAA tournament in consecutive... more »

• 2012 projected to be most expensive ever for gas prices

  November 29, 2012 8:02 PM

  CHICAGO - With one month left in the year, the gasoline price tracking website GasBuddy.com predicts that 2012 will be the most expensive ever for US consumers. The Chicago-based website reports the yearly national average for a gallon of unleaded gas is running at $3.63 per gallon, 12 cents... more »

• TransCanada restarts Keystone pipeline

  October 22, 2012 7:52 PM

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - TransCanada has restarted the Keystone oil pipeline that carries about 590,000 barrels of crude oil each day from Canada to facilities in the Midwest. Oil began flowing again Monday afternoon. Company spokesman Shawn Howard says the system will be operated at a slightly reduced pressure... more »

• Report of first doctor to reach shot Lincoln found

  June 5, 2012 8:47 PM

  SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) - The first doctor to reach President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot in a Washington theater rushed to his ceremonial box and found him paralyzed, comatose and leaning against his wife. Dr. Charles Leale ordered brandy and water to be brought immediately. Leale's long-lost report of... more »

• UPDATE: Blagojevich leaves home to report to Colo. prison

  March 15, 2012 8:28 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has left his Chicago home and is heading to Colorado to begin a 14-year federal prison term for corruption. The one-time golden boy of Illinois politics with a penchant for television cameras is expected to report to the prison by 2 p.m.... more »

• Police find gunman dead in Illinois shooting

  November 17, 2011 12:13 PM

  Police in Bedford Park, Illinois say a gunman who opened fire inside a suburban Chicago FedEx sort facility has killed himself. At around 8 a.m. 911 calls poured in to police reporting shots being fired following a domestic disturbance at the Bedford Park FedEx facility. After Bedford Park... more »

• Missing da Vinci may soon be uncovered Play Video

  October 1, 2011 2:14 PM

  CHICAGO - New technology being developed in the United States could help solve one of the great art mysteries of all time. A lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, in Italy, could finally be uncovered all thanks to a new device developed in Chicago. In 1505, da Vinci began creating... more »

• 9/11 legacy: Analysts now part of law enforcement

  September 25, 2011 11:42 AM

  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - On a single day in August, police investigated a bomb threat in Colorado Springs while officers checked a suspicious package at an Air Force base in Illinois. Analysts at a Colorado intelligence center monitored both investigations to determine if there was any connection involving a single... more »

• Congressman plans to boycott Obama speech

  September 3, 2011 1:07 PM

  PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - An outspoken Republican congressman from Illinois is defending his decision to boycott President Barack Obama's jobs speech next week. U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh said Saturday that Obama is abusing his power as president by calling a joint session of Congress for the address. Walsh said at... more »

• Fugitive biker gang member arrested in Colorado

  August 4, 2011 2:30 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Marshals have arrested a fugitive motorcycle gang member who's accused of plotting to kill rival gang members in Denver and in Illinois. The Denver Post reports that agents arrested Marshal "Big Bo" Fry in the Denver suburb of Aurora on Tuesday. A federal... more »

• Defense begins presenting case in Blagojevich trial

  June 9, 2011 5:33 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - The defense has begun making its final arguments at the corruption retrial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Defense attorney Aaron Goldstein started his closing Thursday. He says Blagojevich never made one shakedown or demand. Prosecutors wrapped up their closing arguments earlier in the day. Government... more »

• Nine hurt in collision between Amtrak train, commuter train

  June 3, 2011 2:12 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - An Amtrak train bound for southern Illinois has collided with a Metro commuter train arriving at Chicago's Union Station, injuring nine people and severely damaging one Metro car. Metra's chief executive officer Alex Clifford said 1,500 passengers were aboard the train when the accident occurred Friday... more »

• Blagojevich at trial: Didn't know it was illegal

  June 1, 2011 1:31 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Rod Blagojevich has told a judge at his corruption trial that he thought he was acting legally when he made plans to seek a top federal job in exchange for giving a Senate seat to someone of President Barack Obama's choosing. But the judge says jurors... more »

• Police making door-to-door checks in Cairo Ill.

  May 1, 2011 3:51 PM

  CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - Police are going door to door throughout Cairo (KAYR'-oh), Ill., to clear out any remaining residents after the mayor issued a mandatory evacuation over flood concerns. The National Weather Service says the Ohio River has reached record levels and is not expected to crest in... more »

• Army Corps weighing whether to blow a hold through Missouri levee

  April 30, 2011 5:20 PM

  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it's still weighing its options amid concerns that a rising Mississippi River could flood Cairo, Ill. But it's moving barges loaded with explosives closer to a levee downstream from the small town. A federal court has cleared the... more »

• Colorado ranks among top 10 states to make a living

  April 17, 2011 8:13 AM

  Colorado is among the 10 best states in the country to make a living according to a new ranking compiled by the website money-rates.com . The survey compared unemployment rates with average wages, tax rates and the cost of living index in each state. According to the report,... more »

• Rahm Emanuel back on the Chicago ballot

  January 27, 2011 7:10 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has put Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor. Thursday's decision revives the campaign of the former White House chief of staff who was thrown off the Feb. 22 ballot by an Illinois appellate court for not meeting a residency requirement... more »

• Murder charge against cop dropped

  October 13, 2010 1:33 PM

  JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors have formally dropped a first-degree murder charge against a small-town police officer accused of shootings along the Illinois-Indiana border that killed one man and wounded two. Brian Dorian showed little emotion at a 5-minute hearing in Joliet where a judge dismissed the charge. Authorities... more »

• Puny pumpkin harvest could lead to pricey pies

  September 14, 2010 4:52 PM

  The frost is not yet on the pumpkins, but the fall prognosis is. "It's down, no doubt about it," proclaims Minnesota pumpkin farmer Bud Eisinger. The 87-years-old has been helping haul in wagon loads of pumpkins at Missy's Farmers Market in Lorreto, where owner Jeff Varney says his... more »

• Blagojevich guilty on one count

  August 17, 2010 7:22 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - A federal jury has found ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty of one count of lying to federal agents, and the judge says he intends to declare a mistrial on the remaining counts. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says the government is already getting ready for a retrial... more »

• Blagojevich jurors want more guidance

  August 16, 2010 12:57 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - The judge in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial says he has called attorneys to the courtroom to read another note sent by jurors. No other details were immediately available, and it wasn't known what time attorneys would gather at Judge James Zagel's courtroom. Jurors... more »

• Blagojevich will not testify

  July 21, 2010 11:13 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Rod Blagojevich's attorneys say the ousted Illinois governor will not testify at his corruption trial. Blagojevich had long pledged to take the stand in his own defense, saying for months that he wanted to do so to set the record straight. But his attorneys initially said... more »

• Blagojevich jury hears recordings

  June 23, 2010 1:38 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Jurors in Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial are hearing tapes on which the former Illinois governor talks excitedly about getting "something big" in exchange for appointing a friend of the president to his old Senate seat. The tape was secretly recorded the day after Barack Obama was... more »

• Opening statements begin in Blagojevich trial

  June 8, 2010 2:43 PM

  A federal prosecutor says former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was trying to use his power of government to get something of personal benefit for himself. Federal prosecutor Carrie E. Hamilton is making the opening statement for the government at the corruption trial of the former governor. She says Blagojevich... more »

• Debt brokers attempt to cash in on Illinois financial crisis

  June 7, 2010 2:55 PM

  With Illinois still not paying its bills, a new company in the debt brokering business has seized on an opportunity to make money off the state's financial crisis. Georgia-based Alpharetta Industries is offering to help Illinois organizations that are owed money. The company will arrange to sell the debts to... more »

• Firefighters rescue dog from chair

  April 27, 2010 1:18 PM

  A fat old dog found himself in quite a predicatment last week when he got stuck in a chair. It took three suburban Chicago firefighters to rescue the small dog that became trapped inside a mechanized recliner chair . The dog was deep inside the chair and they had to... more »

• Firefighters rescue dog from recliner chair

  April 26, 2010 12:24 PM

  Three suburban Chicago firefighters rescued a small dog that became trapped inside a mechanized recliner chair by sawing the piece of furniture apart. Eighty-seven-year-old owner Ken Makris says his terrior, Ebonyser, has nerve damage following his Thursday night ordeal but that he is "coming along fine." Firefighters who responded to... more »

• Caught on tape: Police Officer under investigation

  April 16, 2010 2:29 PM

  A Streamwood, Illinois police officer accused of beating a motorist with his baton is being held on $50,000 bail. Video from Officer James Mandarino's dashboard camera appears to show him abusing the motorist despite the fact the motorist appears to be complying with the officer, prosecutors say. "At... more »

• Colorado shut out of All-America City finalists

  April 6, 2010 12:07 PM

  More than two dozen communities have been named finalists for the National Civic League's 2010 All-America City Awards. The Denver-based organization says the cities were selected for addressing such issues as diversifying the labor force and funding services during the recession. Finalists are Chandler, Ariz., Bentonville, Ark., Dublin,... more »

• 20-year-old dies in Colorado avalanche

  March 11, 2010 8:34 AM

  The identity of a 20-year-old backcountry snowboarder who died in an avalanche near Loveland Pass is expected to be released Thursday. Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson said the slide happened at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, about a mile west of Arapahoe Basin ski area. Two other snowboarders who were... more »

• Amtrak passenger detained in Colorado for threats

  January 29, 2010 10:12 AM

  An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers by talking about terrorist threats was pulled from the train and is being held in Colorado. Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, was arrested Tuesday on an Amtrak passage from Los Angeles to Chicago. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man... more »

• Snowstorm hits Northeast; wind chill 52 below in ND

  January 8, 2010 9:10 AM

  A broad snowstorm pushed eastward early Friday, dumping a light coating of snow in the Northeast, all part of a powerful cold front engulfing much of the nation. The National Weather Service said that the edge of the storm, with light snow flurries, reached the Philadelphia area overnight and... more »

• 2 killed in Illinois jet crash

  January 5, 2010 6:23 PM

  A small cargo jet crashed about a mile short of the runway as it was preparing to land in Chicago Tuesday, killing the pilot and co-pilot. The Learjet 35A was owned by Royal Air Cargo. No emergency was declared before it crashed into a marshy area next to Chicago... more »

• Father & son build colossal snowman

  December 31, 2009 12:07 PM

  Plenty of kids are building snowmen in their yards during the winter break from school. One Chicago resident has taken this past-time to new heights--16-feet to be exact. It took Tom Dzida and his 4-year-old son, Oscar, two days to create the giant sculpture. Oscar is still working... more »

• Bitter cold follows in wake of massive storm

  December 10, 2009 8:36 AM

  Dangerously cold conditions are settling over parts of the country in the wake of a huge storm that hit much of the Midwest and New England. At least 16 deaths are being blamed on the wintry blast that dumped more than a foot of snow. Most of those deaths came... more »

• Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind

  December 9, 2009 8:30 AM

  Wind advisories and warnings are in effect from New Mexico to the Mid-Atlantic states as a massive storm brings snow, ice and rain over much of the country. At least five deaths are being blamed on the weather. Forecasters say parts of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin could get a foot... more »

• Fr. Carson Soldier killed just after promotion

  December 4, 2009 2:27 PM

  A Fort Carson soldier serving in Kunar province, Afghanistan, was killed in action. Sgt. Kenneth R. Nichols Jr., 28, of Chrisman, Ill., died Tuesday of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Reports in his home town say the father of four... more »

• Missouri, Illinois flooding: Casino, roads closed

  November 3, 2009 12:08 PM

  Midwestern flooding is usually associated with the spring or summer, so even officials at the National Weather Service are perplexed about the unusual fall flood that is causing rivers to spill over their banks in parts of Missouri and Illinois. Heavy rain fell last week over much of the... more »

• 2 Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  October 27, 2009 4:00 PM

  Two Fort Carson soldiers died in separate attacks in Afghanistan. Pfc. Devin J. Michel, 19, of Stockton, Illinois, died Saturday in Zhari province, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th... more »

• Chicago Cubs file for Chapter 11 to speed team's sale

  October 12, 2009 12:31 PM

  The Chicago Cubs baseball team is seeking Chapter 11 protection, a step that will allow its corporate parent to hand the team to new owners. The team filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on Monday. The move was anticipated as the Tribune Co. looks to complete an $845 million sale of... more »

• EPA: Limit plane deicing chemical runoff

  September 30, 2009 2:39 PM

  Every winter, airports across the country spray millions of gallons of deicing chemicals onto airliners and allow the runoff to trickle away. When the chemicals end up in nearby waterways, the deicing fluid can turn streams bright orange and create dead zones for aquatic life. The practice is legal,... more »

• 5 family members found slain in central Illinois

  September 22, 2009 1:34 PM

  Authorities say five members of a central Illinois family were found slain in their home and a search is under way for a suspect. Logan County Sheriff Steve Nichols said Tuesday that deputies responding to a 911 call Monday afternoon about a possible shooting in Beason found the bodies of... more »