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Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says driver's services facilities will be closed for one more week. Secretary of State Offices and driver's services facilities won't open to the public until M...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is announcing a nationwide settlement with one of the largest student lenders in the country. Navient has agreed to pay 1.85-billion dollars over allegations that...

The Patoka School Board during a special meeting Thursday night voted to go "mask optional" unless the positivity rate of students and staff exceeds eight percent. Superintendent David Rademacher anti...

Looking for something to do on a cold winter's evening? Bryan-Bennett Library has kits for groups that like to solve good old- fashioned murder mysteries. Library Director Kim Keller says you can get ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that two Illinois counties holding immigrant detainees at local jails must terminate their contracts with federal immigration authorities starting Thur...

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A judge in western Illinois who sparked outrage when he threw out the sexual assault conviction of an 18-year-old man is no longer presiding over a criminal court docket. The (Quin...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois will receive $1.4 billion to help upgrade its deteriorating bridges under the federal infrastructure law approved in November. The state's Democratic congressional delegation s...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - An Illinois appellate court has set aside a decision by state regulators that would allow the Dakota Access oil pipeline to double capacity to 1.1 million barrels daily. The appe...

The Centralia Sports Hall of Fame committee members met January 13 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a release from the committee. Nominations for inductees will be reviewed...

8th Grade High Honors: Aurora Amason Kati Knapp Nora McKinzie Abram Miller Sophia Pennington Jackson Smith Nolan Thompson   8th Grade Honors: Emaleigh Davis Tyler Holzhauer Lexi Miller Makynzee W...