Category Archives: Local News

A 64-year-old St. Louis man was airlifted from the scene of a single pickup truck crash on westbound I-64 just before the rest area east of Mt. Vernon early Friday morning. State Police say preliminar...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An Alabama man has been convicted of killing three people in southwestern Illinois during a multistate crime spree. A jury in Madison County needed less than an hour Friday t...

CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of students have staged a walkout at Chicago Public Schools over COVID safety measures they say are insufficient, despite an agreement between the teachers union and district t...

The State's top public health doctor says it's too soon to tell if the Omicron Variant has peaked. Cases have been surging in recent weeks, hitting the highest levels of the entire pandemic. Illinois ...

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...