Mitsubishi Motors North America feels the pain that's being experienced by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.

Despite even more bad budget news Wednesday, state lawmakers appear to be in no rush to give Gov. Rod Blagojevich extraordinary powers to curtail spending.

Adolf and Portia Fullgrabe remained loyal to the former Oldsmobile brand to the point that factory executives made a special trip to Springfield in 1997 to sell the first of a retooled Cutlass line to them. He now drives a 2007 Malibu and she a 2003 Volkswagen Beetle. The Olds they purchased in 1997 eventually was turned over to a son in Ohio.
 

Troy Smith was apprehensive about being enclosed in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. But the diabetes-related treatment is beginning to ease his mind and his pain.

First, the good news: science is closing in on creating the artificial pancreas, a breakthrough treatment for those with diabetes, particularly type 1 diabetes.

A new effort to improve Illinois’ public school system has attracted some of the state’s most prominent political figures: former Gov. Jim Edgar, ex-U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley and retired U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
 

Engineering may be a male-dominated field but that never deterred Tana Utley, chief technology officer at Caterpillar Inc.

Southwest Airlines is one airline that’s flying high in an industry that’s been saddled with losses and layoffs.

Ethanol producers such as Pekin-based Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. are feeling the squeeze these days.

Having dozens of extended family members over for Thanksgiving or Christmas is often a great excuse to buy a new stove, but retailers are worried that this year’s economy will put plans for new appliances on ice.

Eric Schenck was rooted in the present once again, his Alumacraft canoe firmly strapped to the roof of his Ford Explorer after 3 1/2 hours of paddling through one of the last great expanses of wetland wilderness in central Illinois.

School districts across the state are trying to cope with tightening budgets as a result of the slowing economy. In many cases that could mean getting rid of the art or music classes because they aren’t required by state legislation.

A 5-year-old Roscoe girl has hit the two-year milestone surgery mark after having half of her brain removed in 2006 to treat epilepsy.

The routine usually goes like this: Jacob Nimtz enters a center and places his bowling balls on the rack. The other bowlers look him over and someone asks one of his teammates, “Who is this little kid?”  Nimtz often doesn’t say much, but his teammates respond. “He’s the kid that is going to kick your butt.”

Talk to Dr. Robert Harner for more than a few minutes and you’re likely to hear the word “doof” mentioned in more than one context when it comes to heart health.