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Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt, D-Chicago, is sponsoring legislation to expand protections for teenagers accused of murder. She says they can't make the legal decisions required to waive legal rights.
A judge has ordered the release of a 76-year-old Jack McCullough, who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted of killing an Illinois schoolgirl in 1957. A prosecutor re-examined evidence and concluded the former Washington state security guard couldn't have committed the crime.
Why are the poor in central Illinois dying younger than in other parts of the country? We talked to researchers and health professionals to find out. Also, we spoke with the women behind the Ebertfest Film "Radical Grace."
The US Small Business Administration has approved Illinois’ request to help victims of severe storms and flooding in Iroquois and Christian counties.
Seon Williams of Champaign says the excessive force incidents involving officer Matt Rush, and resulting lawsuits have 'derailed' the progress the African-American community has made in improving relations with city police. He says the city deserves better officers on the street who make better decisions.
