Illinois News

Travelers weary from Thanksgiving sojourns can at least multi-task on the return trip through Chicago airports this weekend. O'Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway Airport plan to expand their seasonal flu vaccine services to include the hard-to-find H1N1 vaccine by...

Sparkling reindeer-dung jewelry sells at Ill. zoo BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year. The...

Watch out, world! The poet's corner is going global with my issues. This ode is dedicated to the plight of the people in the UK-occupied country of Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean Sea. Gordon Brown, I hope that you...

The Thanksgiving travel weekend kicked off this morning with minimal delays on Chicago-area roads and highways , but they could worsen as the weather turns colder and wetter later in the day. City aviation officials were expecting 173,000 travelers to...

Police say they have found four bodies in a home near Chicago. Bullet shell casings were found near the bodies Wednesday, but authorities in suburban Addison would not give the cause of death. Addison Police Chief Tim Hayden said the...