The EF5 tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday has caused untold damage and claimed at least 24 lives. If you want to help, check out the information below.
 
 

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Although delayed payments from the state are to be expected these days, university officials say the predictability doesn’t make it any easier. Nearly 11 months into this fiscal year, Illinois’ nine public universities have received...

CANTON — Things are looking up for the city of Canton, at least as far as its sewer bills are concerned.

Cynthia Torres was one of more than 6,700 Rockford-area residents served last year by La Voz Latina, but the outlook the agency isn’t as rosy now. The nonprofit has lost roughly one-third of its annual funding, due in large part to a...

In early 2002, former Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes warned about the deteriorating condition of state finances. In March, Hynes warned that the bill backlog had hit $1.2 billion, which he said was the largest in the state’s history. Eleven...

The Boston Police Department tweeted this morning, "Three additional suspects taken into custody in marathon bombing case."
 

Deadbeat Illinois: With a little under half of its overall operating budget being held up in Springfield, the Knox County Council for Developmental Disabilities has had to get creative to stay afloat. About $2 million of the Galesburg group’s...

The federal government would fully fund the first three years of a proposed expansion of Medicaid eligibility in Illinois, but critics say related costs not covered by the feds could result in the state taking even longer to pay its bills.

Boston police report that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the second suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings who was sought in a manhunt that closed most of the Boston area for Thursday night into Friday, has been...

The two explosions at the Boston Marathon caused 176 casualties, including three deaths and 17 critical injuries, the city’s police commissioner said at a press...