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The Wilkes-Barre Area Board of Education introduced a $190.78 million balanced budget Monday. Reaping the benefits of hard-won support from Harrisburg, the b...
HARRISON — The Flippin Bobcats snapped a five-year state tournament drought Thursday with one of its grittiest pitching and defensive peformances of the se...
HARRISBURG – Sen. Rosemary Brown’s (R-40) Midwifery Modernization legislation was signed into law, marking a significant step forward in expanding matern...
HARRISBURG — State Sens. Chris Gebhard, R-Lebanon, and Cris Dush, R-Brookville, announced legislation to end state funding for the gender transition of min...
HARRISBURG — Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor announced the release of compliance audits for district courts and county government offices across 23 count...
Dozens of CEOs in industries ranging from coal mining to gambling to real estate are helping to bankroll Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s campaign. His fun...
At a news conference in Harrisburg this week, Sen. Lisa Baker said individuals who consciously take an act with the intention of ending an officer’s life m...
Corporal Timothy J. O'Connor was honored by Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro during the Pennsylvania State Police Memorial Ceremony in Harrisburg on Monday.
HARRISBURG — Six bills proposed to protect children against sex trafficking and exploitation advanced out of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday with s...
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Building trades unions, long fashioned as the voice of the American worker, now are intertwined with the richest companies in the world a...
Man kicks, spits on officers after alleged road rage incident: policeA 20-year-old was arrested Friday after police say he kicked and spat on officers after...
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Seventeen students from Vienna High School in Southern Illinois participated in two graduations, walking away with not only their high school diplomas but al...
Highlights from May 8-9 Illinois high school baseball games including Father McGivney, Triad, Calhoun, and Alton
Missouri man Ramon L. Chillers charged after a 24-minute high-speed chase ending near Chain of Rocks Bridge in Caseyville, Illinois, involving multiple agenc...
Alton Police and youth connect through basketball at the annual
Green Thumb Nursery owner Tom Shirrell sells native plants from his home in Godfrey, building a local business.
John Wakey, an assistant football coach and teacher in Carterville, in deep southern Illinois, has been arrested on nine counts of aggravated criminal sexual...
John Wakey, an assistant football coach and teacher at Carterville High School in Southern Illinois, was arrested Thursday in Pontiac on nine counts of aggra...
Carterville High School assistant football coach John "Jake" Wakey was arrested on criminal sexual abuse charges in Pontiac, Illinois.
American Oddities Museum will host a haunted pub crawl in Downtown Alton on May 8, with Troy Taylor leading haunted history tales.
Authorities identified a 26-year-old passenger killed after a motorcycle struck a car on Illinois 157. Crash in remains under investigation by local police.
Serenity McMillan, then 13, was struck by a train in Granite City, Illinois , and lost both of her legs on April 4, 2024.
Illinois has had more tornadoes than any other state in 2026. With activity on the rise, SIU Edwardsville weather expert Alan Black said several myths contin...
A bill that passed in Illinois seeks to provide new avenues to meet length training requirements for barbers and cosmetologists.
A Waukegan alderperson is facing criminal charges after authorities say she cast a mail-in ballot in her deceased mother's name during the 2026 Illinois prim...
For more than three decades, the murder of Randy Gail Sperino haunted investigators in southern Illinois — a cold case centered on a young woman beaten to...
The state of Illinois’ gas tax is about due for its yearly increase, but could the hike be paused in light of soaring fuel prices?
All-aboard: A million-pound train known as Big Boy No. 4014, one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, will soon roll into Illinois.
With five days left in Illinois' legislative session, one of the biggest questions remains how lawmakers will tackle the housing shortage.
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A bill that passed in Illinois seeks to provide new avenues to meet length training requirements for barbers and cosmetologists.
A Waukegan alderperson is facing criminal charges after authorities say she cast a mail-in ballot in her deceased mother's name during the 2026 Illinois prim...
For more than three decades, the murder of Randy Gail Sperino haunted investigators in southern Illinois — a cold case centered on a young woman beaten to...
The state of Illinois’ gas tax is about due for its yearly increase, but could the hike be paused in light of soaring fuel prices?
All-aboard: A million-pound train known as Big Boy No. 4014, one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, will soon roll into Illinois.
With five days left in Illinois' legislative session, one of the biggest questions remains how lawmakers will tackle the housing shortage.
A new report raises questions on a state megaprojects plan as lawmakers try to reach a deal to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois.
Hawthorne Race Course is alleging in a court filing they are losing state funding because the state agriculture director, influenced by his lobbyist brother,...
A man from suburban Chicago is facing a litany of charges in the Florida Keys after authorities said he drunkenly stole a police cruiser while visiting Key W...
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