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The nation's first African-American president heads the list of minority trailblazers selected in the Illinois Top 200 project. Barack Obama was the top pick in online voting conducted as part of the ...

For Immediate Release Obama heads list of minority trailblazers SPRINGFIELD - The nation's first African-American president heads the list of minority trailblazers selected in the Illinois Top 200 pro...

One Dead In High School Shooting In North Carolina (Matthews, NC) -- A student is dead following a shooting at a high school outside Charlotte, North Carolina. The Matthews Police Department said the ...

National Cat Day (Undated) -- Give your furry feline friend some extra love today because it's National Cat day. The holiday was started to raise awareness to the number of homeless Cats in the countr...

"The Conners" Gets Another Episode Order (Undated) -- ABC is extending the first season of the Roseanne spinoff, The Conners. The network ordered another episode of the new series, bringing it to elev...

Fundraising For Texas Senate Race Tops $100M (Austin, TX) -- Total fundraising by the two Texas candidates for the U.S. Senate is now over 100-million-dollars. As of Thursday, the latest reporting dea...

Hurricane Oscar Not Expected To Threaten US (Undated) -- The eighth hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season is not expected to threaten the U.S. mainland. Hurricane Oscar is churning several hundre...

Red Sox Manager Says Team Will Talk About White House Visit (Undated) -- The manager of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox says the team hasn't decided whether to visit President Trump at the Wh...

Report: Megyn Kelly Morning Show Not Returning (New York, NY) -- NBC is moving on without Megyn Kelly. A spokesperson for the network says "'Megyn Kelly Today' is not returning" and that TODAY co-anch...

Willard Airport Officials Launch New "Fly Local" Campaign (Champaign, IL) -- Willard Airport officials are hoping to recruit more big-name airlines this week to offer flights to and from Champaign. Th...