By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile and hundreds of artillery shells toward the sea Friday and flew warplanes near the tense border with South Korea,…

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bruce Sutter, a Hall of Fame reliever and the 1979 Cy Young winner, has died. He was 69. The Baseball Hall of Fame said Sutter died Thursday in Cartersville, Georgia. The Sutter family did not…

By Marcia Dunn Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its…

By Adam Schreck Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the U.N. human rights office…

From Burpee Museum ROCKFORD - Celebrate National Fossil Day with Burpee Museum this Saturday, October 15th, at Rockford’s most fossil packed location! The museum will be full of one-day-only activities for adults and children alike from…

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Attorney General Kwame Raoul accused his Republican challenger Thomas DeVore of making “dangerous” remarks, while DeVore accused the Democratic…

By Mark Kennedy Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the…

By Cristiana Mesquita and Curt Anderson Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits…

By Monica Scislowska and Jan M. Olsen Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about sabotage Tuesday,…

From Coronado Performing Arts Center Rockford, IL (September 23, 2022) – Legendary comedian and actor Chevy Chase is coming to the Coronado Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 27, 2022! Tickets go on sale Friday, September 30th at…

By Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Emil Jones III has been charged in federal court with three criminal counts tied to his dealings with a red light camera company. Jones, a Chicago Democrat, is the son of former Senate…

By Khalil Hamra and Mehmet Guzel Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Military-aged men fled Russia in droves Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine following the…