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How Soon Might the Stimulus Arrive? A shot in the arm of a different kind. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources While many in the United States are beginning to receive vaccinations and people a...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting that half of all Illinoisans 65 years and older have now received at least their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 3.5-million vaccines have ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A state prison guard on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal felony charges related to the unprovoked 2018 beating death of an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center. Wil...

CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan that it doesn't have the authority to penalize a politician for a “shady strategy...

The Iuka Pirates Boys Basketball team won the opening round game of the SIJHSAA Regional Tournament last night against the Odin Eagles. The Pirates defeated the Eagles 70-28. Luke Anderson had 20 poin...

Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon says the man found dead in a creek in Salem’s Westside Industrial Park is a 39-year-old London, Kentucky man. Aaron Christian Hall had been missing since Octobe...

The Franklin Park Middle School canned food drive has surpassed its goal. Principal Tyler Lux says due to COVID-19 restrictions, the students and staff collected cash donations instead of cans of food...

The Centralia City Council Monday night approved a Redevelopment Agreement with Gebke, LLC that owns Quality Sports Net at 2330 East Calumet Street. Under the agreement, the city will provide Gebke a ...

The Centralia City Council has agreed to spend $46,250 to make repairs to the city owned railroad track spur at the Industrial Park. Public Works Director Jeff Schwartz says the Burlington Northern Ra...

South Central FFA student Cotter Hiestand has been selected as the Illinois FFA District 4 Star in Ag Placement. Cotter now advances to the state competition in March after winning one of the five dis...