Newsman Steve Alexander fills in for Max Armstrong.

I am here because Max is in Springfield, Ill., where he received Honorary Master Farmer Award from Prairie Farmer.

Gun control is hot button issue now. Governor of Illinois vetoed gun safety measure.

Across the Midwest and country today, students will be walking out of school for 17 minutes today in memory of the 17 students killed at Florida high school last month.

The bombing last year of Bloomington mosque has been solved. The three men are from Clarence, Illinois.

In Chicago, it’s thought to be easier to get elected as a judge if your last name is Irish. Perhaps that’s why person changed name.