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The storm is forecast to be the most destructive to hit the Panhandle in decades and expected to send life-threatening surges of ocean water into coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico.

New Mexico has declared a state of emergency, ordering evacuations for Ruidoso and nearby areas. Meanwhile, California is battling its own set of new fires.

Messina Lambert has been named the next Bloomington Junior High School principal, pending school board approval later this month.

A bipartisan panel has selected longtime state Representative Frank Mautino to serve as Illinois' next auditor general. The Legislative Audit Commission…

Many of America's communities are changing, and so is how voters think about what matters most to them and whom they want their leaders to be.

Clearwater, Fla., is in the swing county of Pinellas. That county went to George W. Bush in 2004 and Barack Obama in 2008. Now it's up for grabs. Steve Inskeep talks to Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos about voters' concerns there.

Maria Pappas is the treasurer of Cook County, Ill., but also is the star of her own unique calendar that has developed a cult following.

The detainees range in age from 31 to 56 years of age and have medical conditions including diabetes, heart disease and obesity — making them particularly vulnerable to the disease.

Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, both African-American women, got the most votes out of 14 candidates in Chicago's mayoral election Tuesday night. They'll head to a runoff election on April 2.

Kent County, Mich. — a home to Betsy DeVos and Gerald Ford — has long been a loyal Republican stronghold. But it is also a suburban place that Democrats think they can win this November.