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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for civi...

YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers say once-powerful former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse have reached a tentative out-of-court settlement over Hastert'...

Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1908, General Motors was founded. Believe It or DON'T On this day in 1940, The United States imposed the first peacetime draft. It was two years before we entered WW...

In separate rulings, Fourth Judicial Circuit Judges sitting in Clinton and Effingham County Circuit Court found there is no legal authority to make any unquarantined student wear a mask to school. The...

The Marion County Health Department is reporting 117 new cases of COVID 19 on Wednesday. The department reports none of the cases involved long term care residents. 12 were of school age. 17 o0f those...

Governor JB Pritzker is signing a Clean Energy Bill into law that he says makes Illinois a national leader. The sweeping measure puts the state on a path to reach 100% clean energy by 2050 and 1-milli...

The South Central School Board was told Wednesday night of the extraordinary steps being taken to keep South Central Elementary staffed with eight teachers currently out due to being positive for COVI...

The Lady Wildcats golf team hosted the West Frankfort Lady Redbirds on Wednesday afternoon on the back 9 of the Salem Country Club. The Lady Cats came away with another win 191 to 219 making their reg...

Christ Our Rock traveled to the McLeansboro Golf Club for a quad-match. NCOE was the match team champion shooting 193 to Christ Our Rock's 196, Vienna finished with 200 and Gallatin County 221. Parker...

The Franklin Park Cross Country teams hosted the Lee Evans Invitational yesterday with over 22 teams competing. The Varsity Bobcats dominated the deep field scoring 25 points; Field/Farrington was a d...