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Princeton is the county seat of Bureau County. It’s also the center for cultural activity that seems all out of proportion to its size.

Joni Hunt is Tourism Director for the City of Princeton. She says, no matter how you slice it, there’s a lot going on in this town of 7000.

“We have multiple platforms for artists and thespians and musicians, so it doesn’t matter what age you are, or what type of culture you’re interested in, there’s something for you here.”

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan wants suburban and Downstate schools to begin paying for their teachers' retirement benefits.  He's called a meeting at the capitol for Thursday with education groups to begin finalizing his plan. 

The saying goes, "there's no such thing as free lunch."

When classes resume this fall, NIU administrators say they hope to have to someone new running the campus police department. Plans for a national search were announced Tuesday. The need for a new department leader arose after the university fired Don Grady back in February.

Governor Pat Quinn says Illinois' income tax revenue for 2013 will top forecasts by $1.3 billion. He says he'll put the money toward the billions the state owes in unpaid bills.

"Help! Help Me!"

A young woman's desperate cries alerted neighbors Monday to a frightening tale in Cleveland.

As , three young women who had gone missing between 2002 and 2004 were found Monday afternoon inside a home where the shades were said to be always drawn. No one who lives nearby seems to have suspected that there might be kidnap victims inside.