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The Illinois Department of Public Health has again closed the spa at the Hampton Inn in northwest suburban McHenry after results from a culture test proved positive for the Legionnella bacteria.

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is halting construction on dozens of projects across the state because of wording in the budget bill sent him this week.

The McHenry County man accused of possessing a deadly toxin found in puffer fish remains in federal custody following a brief hearing in federal court this morning.

A teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday night at a church that also provides shelter to girls and young women in the South Side Washington Heights neighborhood.

An ex-convict suspected in a grisly killing spree that left eight people in two states dead within a matter of days was well known to his hometown police department, but the chief said Wednesday he never expected Nicholas T. Sheley

The buyer of St. Francis Hospital hopes to close on the deal by the end of the month after the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board Wednesday approved transferring the Blue Island hospital's certificate of need.

Traveling more than 9,700 miles from the Australian shores of the southern ocean, a giant Southern Rocklobster found itself a new home at the Shedd Aquarium.

Gov. Blagojevich on Wednesday called on the General Assembly to return to Springfield on July 9 and 10 to fix the shortfall in the 2009 budget passed by lawmakers in May.

A Chicago Police officer was shot and later died early this morning after a woman grabbed his gun near the Belmont Area Police Headquarters. CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports.

A two-state manhunt for an ex-con suspected in eight killings in Illinois and Missouri ended quietly Tuesday evening with his arrest outside a bar where police often gathered, witnesses said.

Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday as the free agent market opened, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks -- a young team that already features rising star forwards

A small plane experiencing engine failure had to make an emergency landing on a major highway Tuesday night in Dwight.