State & Regional
Romney promises to maintain US military power
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, on the brink of clinching the Republican nomination, promised Monday to maintain an American military "with no comparable power anywhere in the world."
May 28, 2012 | 8:40 pm
Revamped Ill. prison release plan moves to House
A top Illinois lawmaker says the state faces a stark choice: Let low-level, well-behaved criminal offenders out of prison early or watch a judge order the state to "start churning people out."
May 28, 2012 | 8:02 pm
Indicted Ill. legislator's case plagues Democrats
Apparently one indicted Illinois politician making bizarre public speeches and refusing to leave office isn't enough.
May 28, 2012 | 5:50 pm
Mo. man injured when personal watercraft explodes
A Lee's Summit suffered serious injuries after his Sea-Doo's motor exploded at the Lake of the Ozarks.
May 28, 2012 | 4:42 pm
Delays expected on Chicago trains this week
Commuters in the nation's third largest city might need more time getting around this week.
May 28, 2012 | 4:28 pm
Injured pilot of Florida supermarket crash dies
An Illinois attorney who was injured last month when a single-engine plane crashed into a Florida supermarket has died.
May 28, 2012 | 3:17 pm
Effort to relax marijuana laws could spread in Mo.
A group that successfully worked to have penalties for marijuana use relaxed in Columbia is considering expanding its campaign to Kansas City and Springfield. Opponents are already gearing up to fight back.
May 28, 2012 | 3:02 pm
Scorching heat continues in Illinois
It's another day of record-breaking temperatures for much of Illinois.
May 28, 2012 | 1:49 pm
Florissant police officer shot during search
A suburban St. Louis police officer is in critical condition after being shot while helping to search for two burglary suspects.
May 28, 2012 | 1:18 pm
Woman who survived brain tumor runs for veterans
She thought, at first, that the headaches _ bad headaches that wouldn't go away _ were just from stress, or maybe allergies.
May 28, 2012 | 1:00 pm
New religion news site to launch in Columbia
Officials with a religion news website plan to start a new service in Columbia this summer.
May 28, 2012 | 12:37 pm
Springfield woman dies after being hit by car
Springfield police say a 20-year-old woman died after being hit by a car as she crossed a city street.
May 28, 2012 | 11:38 am
Mo. man has brother buried at Arlington
Maj. Emerson York Barker was 24 years old in 1944 and had just finished a tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force over Guadalcanal when he was given a choice: Go home or train fighter pilots to lead battleships into Tokyo Bay.
May 28, 2012 | 11:30 am
Fundraising starts for National Veterans Museum
A Chicago suburb could be the home of an ambitious museum complex designed to honor more than 40 million veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
May 28, 2012 | 11:02 am
Police: Chicago woman stole ambulance
Chicago police allege a 30-year-old woman stole a fire department ambulance from a hospital on the city's South Side and crashed it several blocks away.
May 28, 2012 | 10:53 am
Boy dies after rescue from suburban Chicago lake
Authorities say a 9-year-boy has died after rescue divers pulled him from a suburban Chicago lake.
May 28, 2012 | 9:54 am
Man charged in 2011 fatal shootings outside bakery
Chicago authorities say a 19-year-old man has been charged in the 2011 shooting deaths of three people outside a South Side bakery.
May 27, 2012 | 4:40 pm
Chicago man charged with murders of 2 roommates
A 52-year-old Chicago man charged in the shooting deaths of his two roommates has been ordered held without bail.
May 27, 2012 | 4:29 pm
MU starting new online degree in coaching
The University of Missouri is starting a new online master's degree program aimed at taking the bullying out of coaching.
May 27, 2012 | 3:52 pm
15 injured in Chicago apartment fire
Authorities say 15 people were sent to the hospital after a fire at a Chicago apartment building.
May 27, 2012 | 2:35 pm
