The Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale has a new executive director. Tina Carpenter will replace the outgoing Randy Osborn. Carpenter has been with...
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The newly appointed inspector general for the Illinois General Assembly wants to help restore public trust after a complaint of sexual harassment against a...
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The Fifth District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon has ruled that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration should be paying unionized state workers scheduled increases promised...
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Autopsies have revealed that a northern Illinois police officer died of blunt force trauma and a pickup driver was shot to death during an...
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Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin says he wants to establish a hotline for helping victims of sexual harassment. The republican’s legislation would aid...
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After a nearly eight hour standoff with police yesterday, a Chester man has been arrested and charged with falsely making a terrorist threat. 40...
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Both inmates who escaped a Southeast Missouri jail last month have been recaptured in New Orleans. US Marshals arrested Joseph Latamondeer late yesterday morning...
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Two area police departments will receive new bullet proof vests, courtesy in part of the federal government. The 50/50 grants require the local police...
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A Chester Police Officer is recovering from a head injury he suffered in the line of duty. 24 year old officer Seth Buch received...
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One of the five surviving copies of the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln will be on display this month in Springfield. Officials with...
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