CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Nearby communities in Iowa are donating several thousand filled sandbags to Cedar Rapids as the city prepares for ...Read more

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say five people were shot, one of them fatally, in two separate overnight shootings within minutes of each ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — A record number of youth have been killed while in the care of Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services, many of ...Read more