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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) - The two sides in the major league lockout met for the fourth straight day at Roger Dean Stadium, the idle spring training home of the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals. Th...

UNDATED (AP) - Troy Aikman is expected to become the lead analyst on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" after 22 years with Fox. The New York Post reported that Aikman will sign a five-year deal that woul...

Inflation Math for Today's Retiree Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   You may have heard the saying, "inflation hurts savers and benefits borrowers."   The expression suggests that...

Centralia Police arrested both occupants of a car on felony drug charges following a Wednesday night traffic stop. 46-year-old Christopher Taulbee of West 3rd in Centralia was arrested for alleged met...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois state senator has resigned and intends to plead guilty in a federal embezzlement case. Democrat Thomas E. Cullerton of Villa Park quit the Senate Wednesday after n...

CHICAGO (AP) - Officials with Chicago Public Schools have reached a $1 million settlement with the family of a former special education student who reported being sexually assaulted by another classma...

CHICAGO (AP) - An arbitrator has upheld the city of Chicago's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for police. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that she hopes it is a "signal for those members who are not ...

More winter weather is on the way Thursday on top of a tenth of an inch of sleet and freezing rain received Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. Interstate highways and major highways are in mo...

One person was taken to the hospital for treatment following a two vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on Route 37 at East Senneff Street near the entrance to Salem Community High School. Salem Police s...

The Illinois State Police is reporting a large increase in dangerous drug and weapons seizures last year. Director Brendan Kelly says the ISP's Metropolitan Enforcement Groups or "MEGS" recovered an e...