Illinois

Magazine

A Texan Takes Manhattan

July 1, 2013 4:00 am

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Erica Harold was Miss America 2003.

Beltway Confidential

GOP official in Illinois says former Miss America is ‘like a streetwalker’ for Dems

Joel Gehrke -

June 20, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Daley for Governor: Second Obama chief of staff follows Rahm by running for office in Illinois

Joel Gehrke -

June 11, 2013 4:00 am

Politics

Chicago No. 1 in drugged-out men cuffed by cops

Paul Bedard -

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

A Glimmer of Hope for the Illinois GOP

Ike Brannon -

May 22, 2013 5:25 pm

$In this April 9, 2013 photo, old but up-to-date land and property deed records for Johnson County lie stacked on the shelf ready for anyone to access in Vienna Ill. Southern Illinoisans have hopes and fears surrounding the high-volume oil and gas drilling that may be starting in the Shawnee National Forest. Many people are beginning to brace for change as state lawmakers consider regulations that would allow energy companies to begin drilling deep in the southern Illinois bedrock for oil and natural gas, using a process known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or$