In brief: Illinois (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

7 September 2008, 10:33 pm

Find events going on in your community, and plan your week’s activities with The Times.... read more

Square dancing continues, though numbers dwindle (The Pantagraph)

7 September 2008, 10:29 pm

LINCOLN -- As global warming chips away at the polar caps and honeybees vanish, troubling changes are occurring that may endanger the destiny of Illinois' official state folk dance.... read more

Blagojevich quickly ends makeup session (Herald & Review)

7 September 2008, 10:07 pm

Top Illinois Democrats offered a sweet dollop of hope mixed with a pungent dose of reality this week. In Denver, where party leaders were meeting for the Democratic National Convention, there was a hugfest among the Illinois delegation.... read more

All things Irish at West Dundee fest (The Courier News)

7 September 2008, 2:10 am

As the old Irish proverb says, "The well-filled belly has little understanding of the empty." Such is the cause of the many who have been getting their fill of music, food, and dance this weekend at the Fox Valley Irish Festival, which concludes today. The three-day event -- earmarked by strolling b... read more

Chicago Football Classic Draws Thousands (CBS 2 Chicago)

6 September 2008, 8:49 pm

Football fans are cheering at Soldier Field Saturday night, but it's not for the Bears. It's for the 11th Annual "Chicago Football Classic" – a game that celebrated the history of Black colleges and universities. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports.... read more

Palos Park mom dies at school event (SouthtownStar)

6 September 2008, 2:27 am

Gail Gavron had been a teacher, a banker, a wife and a mother.... read more