A Vergennes man is dead following an accident on Interstate 24 in Kentucky early Friday. State Police say 30-year-old Kyle Ellis was eastbound when...

A Franklin County man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a child. 23-year-old John A. Fonte-Weston of rural West Frankfort was arrested Friday for...

A judge has sentenced a Murphysboro man to 37 years in prison for a 2016 murder. 30-year-old Cortez Turner had previously been found guilty...

Perry County officials are considering deeper financial cuts. The budget currently on display includes $1.3 million in cuts, which would force county officials to...

A Jackson County jury has found 49-year-old Alphonzo E. Higgins of Carbondale guilty of robbery following a two-day jury trial. The state’s attorney’s office...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’s child welfare agency has reviewed 1,100 of its ongoing abuse and neglect cases as part of a stepped-up effort...

A Saline County man, convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend, has been sentenced to life in prison. A judge sentenced 60-year-old Rodney Black on...

A Murphysboro man convicted last week of stabbing two dogs now faces new charges. A judge sentenced Travis Worthen to 24 months’ probation after...

Police are investigating an armed robbery in Mt. Vernon. Police say it happened shortly before 10 a.m. Monday at the Main Street location of...