SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state representative from southern Illinois has resigned to become the director of law enforcement for the state Department of...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An unexpected tax-revenue windfall has so bolstered Illinois finances that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has nixed a plan to reduce pension-payment...

BROOKPORT, IL. (WJPF) – Lane reductions on the Brookport Bridge begin Tuesday. The span will be reduced to one lane for the repair work....

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Two Illinois universities are putting together what they say is the first database to focus on twins in the state....

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two bills are pending in the Illinois General Assembly that would pause or permanently eliminate a basic skills test for...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois state Senate president and Democratic National Committee member Thomas Hynes has died. He was 80. Cheever Griffin, Hynes’ son-in-law,...

CHICAGO (AP) — A man is dead after he was struck by an SUV as he lay in the middle of the Chicago’s Dan...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Search and rescue personnel have located and are recovering the body of a third employee killed in the explosion and...

Heartland Regional Medical Center will no longer offer inpatient labor and delivery services. The hospital announced Friday that it will discontinue inpatient obstetrical and...

A Carbondale man has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. 24-year-old Jarrell Pullen was convicted Friday for the March 2017 shooting...