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CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois man was ordered held without bond for allegedly threatening the lives of President Joe Biden and other Democrats before the inauguration. U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuent...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Former Chief Justice James Heiple of the Illinois Supreme Court has died from complications following a brain hemorrhage. The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced the 87-year-old H...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - Police say a 3-year-old northwestern Illinois girl died after she apparently fell from a window on a frigid night and couldn't get back inside her family's home. Rock Island p...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new monthly survey of bankers suggests a growing improvement in the economy in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states including Illinois. But Creighton University economist E...

A 19-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and three counts of child pornography. Dustin Peach of South Lackey was taken to the Marion C...

Pictured: Roy Kimber, Tesha Howard, John Phillips, Lindsey Bradford, Brynt Long Five people have been arrested after the Mt. Vernon Police/Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department High-Risk Team se...

The East Central Illinois Region that includes Fayette, Clay, and Effingham Counties has moved into Phase 4 of the Governor’s Restore Illinois Plan. They join the Southern Illinois Region in Pha...

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Shelba Jean Rhodes, 78, of Texico, Illinois, passed away at 12:50 pm January 19, 2021 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. Mrs. Rhodes was an instructor at Apollo School of Cosmetolo...

The Marion County Health Department reported 27 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. There were no additional deaths. Of the new cases, none were long term care residents. Six were students, with contact ...