Hird and Herron Win 2013 Illinois Marathon
By Jim Meadows

Naperville’s Nick Hird won the 5th annual Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon on Saturday morning.
By Jim Meadows

Naperville’s Nick Hird won the 5th annual Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon on Saturday morning.
Bhy Jim Meadows
An 84 year old Danville man is dead, after a fire Friday morning in his apartment.
By Rob McColley and Jim Meadows
The Indianapolis Colts picked Illini offensive lineman Hugh Thornton Friday night, in the third round of this year's NFL Draft.
By Jim Meadows & The Associated Press
The White House says President Obama will sign a measure approved by Congress Friday that would end the furloughs of air traffic controllers. And the bill could potentially prevent the closing of air traffic control towers using contract workers --- including airports in Central Illinois.
By Jeff Bossert
Senator Mike Frerichs says legislators and environmental officials are taking some positive first steps towards oversight of the Clinton Landfill, and protecting the area’s drinking water.
By The Associated Press
Archer Daniels Midland Co. is closer to making a huge expansion into Australia with a possible deal for a grain handler there called GrainCorp.
By The Associated Press

The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts.
By Krishnadev Calamur

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed by unanimous consent a bill that would end the furloughs of air traffic controllers.
By Tanya Koonce
Peoria has a front row seat to the great Illinois River flood of 2013.
By The Associated Press

The campaign manager for Republican Aaron Schock says the three-term congressman will seek re-election and forgo a run for Illinois governor.