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A suspect in a domestic disturbance was fatally shot and two central Illinois police officers were wounded, one critically, in an exchange of gunfire early Wednesday, police said.

A teacher who rescued a caged puppy from drowning in a cold central Illinois lake over the weekend says the dog had been “clearly abused.”

James McCourt kicked a 39-yard field as time expired and Illinois pulled off the biggest upset of the college football season, knocking off No. 6 Wisconsin 24-23 on Saturday.

A central Illinois coroner says a 1-year-old girl died after a pellet rifle discharged in a Champaign home and she was struck in the chest.

One of the people killed in a central Illinois bus crash involving a semi-truck and school bus was a longtime volunteer for the school district, officials said, returning home from a game with the girls basketball team when the crash took place.

Two people were killed and several others, including students, were injured when a semi-truck collided with a school bus carrying a high school basketball team in central Illinois Wednesday night, authorities say.

Tatyana McFadden, a four-time Paralympian, made history in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 as the only athlete to ever win four AbbottWMM in one year: London, Boston, Chicago and New York. In total, she has won 22 AbbottWMM in just 10 years of elite marathon racing. Not surprisingly, she won the inaugural 2016-17 AbbottWMM Series X championship title.

A downstate woman was sickened after she touched a drug-laced business card that was placed under her windshield wiper, according to police.

Tens of thousands of sales-tax dollars collected locally will now remain in Illinois’ state coffers instead of making their way back home.

A website that hosted an “Abduction 101” forum linked to a 28-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois bills itself as the most popular sexual fetish networking site on the internet — and it has faced pressure in recent months to be clearer about not tolerating behavior that could be regarded as criminal.

Police have revealed new details in Sunday’s deadly shooting near the University of Illinois, issuing a warrant for the arrest of a suspect and releasing surveillance video of the area during the incident.

One person is dead and four others wounded in two shooting incidents at the University of Illinois in Champaign early Sunday, according to police.

Police say a robber walked in to the sushi restaurant Tuesday night, pulled a gun out of his waistband and demanded money before the sushi chef ran after him wielding a large, shiny and sharp knife.

DNR says modified slingshot can only be used for smaller animals.