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Illinois' most endangered buildings list includes Bernie Mac's high school, a Frank Lloyd Wright home
The 10 buildings on the 2025 endangered list "all celebrate cultural heritage" Landmarks Illinois CEO Bonnie McDonald said.
Critic of embattled Dolton, Illinois mayor sees business destroyed by ‘suspicious’ fire: officials
Illinois authorities are investigating a "suspicious" fire that destroyed a local business belonging to a vocal critic of an ...
Driver in crash at Illinois after-school program that killed 4 may have had medical emergency, police say
The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three ...
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan dies at age 91; served prison time for corruption
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91. Former Republican State Rep. Jim Durkin confirmed Ryan's ...
Driver in fatal Illinois crash may have suffered medical emergency, authorities say
Preliminary toxicology test results for Marianne Akers, 44, came back negative and no charges have been filed in the case, ...
Driver in crash that killed 4 in Illinois had 'seizure of some type', attorney says
Illinois State Police are investigating evidence of a potential medical emergency in a fatal crash that killed four at a camp ...
Driver in Chatham, Illinois, crash that killed 4 at after-school program not intoxicated, police say
Illinois State Police said the driver who crashed into a building housing an after-school program in Chatham, Illinois, ...
Crash at Illinois after-school program doesn’t appear to be a targeted attack, police say. A town grieves the 4 lost
A car’s crash into an after-school program building in central Illinois this week – a wreck that killed four people ages 7 to ...
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dies at 91. He halted executions and went to prison for corruption
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet ...
Illinois ranks 20th in the nation for hospital safety, with more hospitals getting A’s and D’s
Leapfrog bases its grades on 22 safety measures, including death rates among surgical patients with serious but treatable ...
Driver identified in deadly crash involving semi-truck in Montgomery, Illinois
A driver who was killed in a car versus semi-truck crash in Montgomery, Illinois, this week has been identified. Montgomery ...
From hero of the anti-death penalty movement to felon, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dead at 91
George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, Illinoia House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, ...