Jerry Coombs had just been named aircraft commander at Scott Air Force Base in September 1987 when he found out he was HIV-positive.
Former Southwestern Illinois College President Elmer Kirchoff still is being paid his full salary, nearly five months after a new president took over.
A 44-year-old central Illinois woman who had been missing from a nursing home since September has been found living in a grain bin.
The budget adviser for Gov.-elect Jay Nixon says Missouri is heading for a $340 million shortfall. And that means midyear spending cuts are likely.
Just when you thought the case of the mysterious accidental $7,500 donation at the Glen Carbon Goodwill store was over, it takes another twist.
Italian police have arrested two men suspected of planning a terror attack in Milan, officials and news reports said Tuesday.
Evidence suggests that a group partly based in Pakistan carried out last week's attack in India, U.S. officials said Tuesday, also revealing that the U.S. had warned the Indian government beforehand that terrorists appeared to be plotting an assault on Mumbai.