PEORIA Zoo is caring for new baby giraffe It took more than 15 months – about 425 days – but at 2:38 a.m. Jan. 7, Vivian, a giraffe at the Peoria Zoo, gave birth to a girl calf,…

STATE New divorce law decides who gets the family pet Divorce proceedings have so many assets to divvy up. And, the decision of one question can raise a lot of concern: Who gets the…

STATE New law allows 16- and 17-year-olds to become organ donors Teens, ages 16 and 17 years old, can now register for the state’s First Person Consent Organ/Tissue Donor Registry…

STATE Pennsylvania surpasses Illinois as 5th largest For the fourth consecutive year, Illinois has lost population; this time, losing the most number of residents of any state in America,…