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Trial for Man Accused in SIU Threat Case Has Been Delayed

January 20, 2015 @ 6:55 am

BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A federal trial has been delayed for a Chicago man accused of mailing threats of be-headings, bombings and other violence...

Governor Bruce Rauner Honors Martin Luther King Day While Signing an Executive O...

January 19, 2015 @ 8:21 am

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to sign an executive order his office says is intended to empower veterans and...

Business Leader's Wish List For Rauner Includes Revenue Needs

January 19, 2015 @ 8:05 am

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ business community has a long wish list now that Republican venture capitalist Bruce Rauner is governor. Among those...

Pickneyville Police Officer Died of an Apparent Gunshot Wound

January 19, 2015 @ 7:30 am

Police responded to an emergency call yesterday at the home of a Pickneyville police officer. Officials state that the officer had...

SIU Student Claims He Caught Carbondale Cop Sleeping On the Job

January 19, 2015 @ 7:26 am

A video that was originally posted on Facebook has now gone viral after an SIU student claims he caught video of a Carbondale...

Murphysboro Man Arrested for Domestic Battery

January 19, 2015 @ 7:18 am

A Murphysboro man is facing charges after he was involved in a fight with a man and a woman inside their house. 26 ...

School Administrators Hope to Improve Illinois' Education With New Plan

January 17, 2015 @ 9:19 am

FRANKLIN CO.- Illinois school administrators are coming up with their own plan on changing how their schools are being run. They state that...

Rauner Reverses Quinn Orders on Taxes, Minimum Wage

January 17, 2015 @ 9:13 am

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has overturned seven executive orders former Governor Pat Quinn issued in his final...

Former State's Attorney Facing Charges of Domestic Battery

January 17, 2015 @ 9:08 am

MARION — Former Pulaski County State’s Attorney Grayson Gile, of Goreville, Illinois, is facing domestic battery charges. Marion Police Chief Dawn Tondini...