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An ISP spokesperson confirmed an “initial investigation” is underway after the Franklin Park Police Department asked the state police’s Public Integrit...
During an event Thursday at the Brickyard in Mount Pulaski, Bureau Board President Molly Pickering said this is part of a months-long effort to hear what peo...
Logan County recommends another data center moratorium, could kill project as a result
After a serious hit-and-run, Chicago police are looking for a Ford Fusion. The crash happened near West Franklin Boulevard and North Kedzie Avenue.
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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...
Harry Bruinius finds a crossroads of America in his reporting near Route 66 in Will County, Illinois.
AP Photo/Adam Bettcher Whenever Democrats start tearing their hair out over something Republicans are doing, like redrawing state district maps to gain a GOP...
Durbin highlighted major pieces of his legacy, including his work to restrict smoking on airplanes, reduce youth tobacco use, advocate for undocumented immig...
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced two new resources Friday designed to enhance the...
Following in the footsteps of New York and California, Illinois state lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that seeks to increase transparency and accountabilit...
Gov. JB Pritzker says he looks forward to signing a pair of bills that cleared the Illinois House on Wednesday giving the state Insurance Department authorit...
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West Frankfort is in Franklin County, Illinois.
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Harry Bruinius finds a crossroads of America in his reporting near Route 66 in Will County, Illinois.
Durbin highlighted major pieces of his legacy, including his work to restrict smoking on airplanes, reduce youth tobacco use, advocate for undocumented immig...
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced two new resources Friday designed to enhance the...
Gov. JB Pritzker says he looks forward to signing a pair of bills that cleared the Illinois House on Wednesday giving the state Insurance Department authorit...
IOWA CITY — The game that could answer multiple questions for Iowa football’s 2026 season: the first one.
Willie Williams was a standout sprinter on the Illinois track and field team, and 73 years ago on May 30, 1953, Williams won the 100-yard dash and the 220-ya...
Illinois lawmakers are days away from passing a roughly $56 billion fiscal year 2027 budget, but many are still fighting to have their priorities included as...
Illinois head coach Brad Underwood in a top ten men's basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.
A Decatur man who Illinois State Police special agents said downloaded over 3,800 files containing child pornography from the internet has been sentenced to...
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