BETHANY - Tom Florey was born 80 years ago on Feb. 29, 1932, in Moultrie County. Because of leap year, he will be celebrating his 20th birthday. An open reception will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb.

DECATUR - A family party turned into a bloody melee when two men got into a fistfight, which was interrupted by a woman stabbing one of the combatants with a knife and pummeling him with a crowbar, wh

DECATUR - A candidate for the Illinois House District that includes most of Decatur has taken some opening shots at one of her opponents in the Democratic primary.

MATTOON - Although Scott Claypool is not an artist, he believes it is important for Mattoon residents to have performing and visual arts available to enjoy locally.

ASSUMPTION - Spelling with competence and "vehemence," Abigail Bressnan defeated all challengers in 18 rounds of the Shelby County Spelling Bee on Tuesday.

DECATUR - The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Macon County is five months away, but organizers and new and returning teams kicked off the planning season Tuesday at Richland Community Colleg

DECATUR - An update on construction planned on Eisenhower and MacArthur high schools was given Tuesday to the Decatur City Council.

Ted Turner: Congress is trying to do an end run to OK the Keystone oil pipeline, which could mean disastrous toxic spills and poisoned water.

Violence left five people dead today as protests over Quran burning by coalition troops intensified in Afghanistan. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul went into lockdown.

Four more bodies were found aboard the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, Italian civil protection officials said Wednesday, more than a month after the cruise liner struck rocks off the coast of Italy.

Two days of talks in Iran went nowhere and the frustration of the global nuclear watchdog agency was palpable in the terse statement it issued afterward.

Singing sensation Adele continued rolling in the prizes at the Brit Awards in London, but she made headlines Wednesday for something else: she gave the middle finger when she was cut off during the live broadcast.

The GOP presidential debate Wednesday is the last time the candidates will share a stage before primaries in Arizona and Michigan on Tuesday.

Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher gathered everyone together in the Lakers' locker room Monday night and tried to set the tone for the second half of the season.

Dwyane Wade scored 30 points and added 10 assists, Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh each scored 20 points and the NBA-leading Miami Heat stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 120-108 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

Following Monday's game between the teams at the Garden, New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin told New Jersey Nets power forward Kris Humphries that he doesn't understand why Knicks fans boo Humphries.

Brady Quinn is apologizing to Tim Tebow for unflattering comments Quinn made about the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback in a GQ article.

Tom Martinez, the longtime coach and mentor of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, died Tuesday on his 66th birthday.

Maryland coach Randy Edsall has changed his mind and decided to grant former quarterback Danny O'Brien a full release from the program with no transfer restrictions, according to a news statement the school issued Wednesday.

Ben Roethlisberger has met with new Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, citing multiple team sources.

The first study to measure the head impacts among youth football players has found that some hits absorbed by second graders are as forceful as those in the college game.