CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois man was ordered held without bond Thursday for allegedly threatening the lives of President Joe Biden and other Dem…
SPRINGFIELD – The state announced Thursday that it has awarded $31.5 million in grants to 81 community organizations around Illinois to help f…
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who was paroled after serving less than 20 years for the 1968 murder of a police officer has been sentenced to li…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House spent $187,000 to rent out Springfield's downtown convention center last week due to fears about c…
GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Soon-to-be centenarian Charlie Montanaro says he’ll be celebrating the milestone by jumping out of an airplane.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The rural economy in parts of 10 Plains and Western states continues to grow, but rural bank CEOs say their biggest fears f…
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police in Davenport have identified a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run just north of Genesis Medical Center as an Ill…
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SPRINGFIELD — Sen. Heather Steans, a Chicago Democrat, plans to resign at the end of the month after a 12-year tenure in the Illinois Senate.
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois General Assembly last week pushed through legislation to allow victims in all personal injury and wrongful death ca…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man who was fatally shot over the weekend at a southern Illinois convenience store has been identified as a store em…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Porter went from rising star to unemployed — literally overnight.
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SPRINGFIELD – Nine of 11 regions in the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan have seen mitigations lifted in the past week, with two moving all th…
CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Scheidler, the founder of the Pro-Life Action League and prominent figure in the anti-abortion movement, died Monday, the o…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials reported 3,385 fresh cases of coronavirus illness Monday, and 50 more deaths as Gov.…
SPRINGFIELD – While there have been no confirmed threats made against the Illinois Capitol, heightened security measures remain in place “out …