OTTAWA - Putnam County public defender Roger Bolin is trying to get key evidence suppressed in his prostitution-related case in neighboring LaSalle County.

MORTON -- There's no debate about the popularity of video games among the nation's youth.

PEORIA - Chris McCall has thrown his hat into the ring and announced he will run for the office of state's attorney, citing the need to make fundamental changes.

SANTA FE, TEXAS - Last week, I sat in this small Texas town and listened to a mother tell me how a gunman killed her son as he hunkered in a classroom closet.

PEORIA - Renetta Hanson has big dreams for a future as a performer"I want to spread positive messages through my music," says Hanson, who will enter 8th grade at Calvin Coolidge Middle School.