SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Senate Democratic lawmakers have introduced a plan that would allow the use of special funds to plug a $1.6 billion...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ superintendent of education warned a panel of lawmakers that a “perfect storm” will be created if school funding is cut...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The director of Illinois prisons is out, but Gov. Bruce Rauner hasn’t yet named a permanent replacement. Rauner has withdrawn his temporary...

A Pulaski Co. man has been sentenced to prison time on weapon and drug charges. 34-year old Kenneth Dean Henderson II was sentenced on...

The Mt. Vernon City Council has voted to delay their decision as to whether or not the city will sell its water system. The...

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal housing officials have earmarked more than $6.4 million to provide rental assistance to extremely low-income Illinois residents with disabilities. The U.S. Department...

CHESTER, Ill. (AP) — The former suburban Chicago police officer convicted of killing his third wife and suspected in his fourth spouse’s disappearance returns...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Gov. Pat Quinn receives a state pension of just under $11,400 a month, though it could shrink if proposed...

CARBONDALE- A Texas- based company is converting an existing natural gas pipeline that runs through southern Illinois to transport crude oil;. According to the...