SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Thousands of elderly and disabled Illinois residents could lose state-backed care services under a proposal pushed by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s...

A Herrin man reportedly struck by a car last week has died and police are investigating the death as a homicide.   Dana Kind...

The hearing for a 16 year old from Mounds scheduled for today has been postponed.   The teen is accused of shooting a Mound’s...

Southern Illinois University is putting their search for a permanent chancellor on hold for now.   SIU announced yesterday they would pick an interim...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has eliminated the need for the chief executive to approve non-political state government hires.   Rauner signed an executive order...

The Illinois Senate has approved over the complaints of Republicans a one-month, temporary budget to keep state government operating.   The $2.3 billion spending...

A 16 year old from Mounds could be charged as an adult for shooting a Mounds police officer last week.   At first, the...

Data provided by Southern Illinois University shows that the school’s administrators have spent more than $180,000 on in-house chartered airplane flights over the past...

A storage facility in a Murphysboro park was destroyed yesterday from a fire.   When the Murphysboro fire department arrived, the building was already...