Category Archives: Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - A man who spent three months living in a secured terminal at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport instead of flying home to India as he had planned has been acquitted on a felony tres...

CHICAGO (AP) - The former player at the heart of the Chicago Blackhawks assault scandal has come forward publicly. Kyle Beach tells TSN he felt "alone and dark" in the days following the alleged assau...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois mission is headed for the United Kingdom next week to discuss the state's efforts to neutralize climate change while bolstering economic development. Gov. J.B. Pri...

Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation says a 55-year-old man being led to Jefferson County Court for his trial was shot in an altercation after grabbing the correctional officer's g...

The National Weather Service has confirmed a 2.1-mile long tornado on the northwest side of Richview in Washington County on Sunday night. The tornado was rated at the lowest EF level of 0 with an est...

The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a law requiring that parents or guardians be notified when girls younger than 18 seek an abortion. Democrats who control the General Assembly want to dump a...

A 28-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for burglary. Slade Thompson of Rogers Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other details about the case have be...

Salem Police collected 62 pounds of unwanted medications at the Drug Take Back event held by the Federal Drug Administration across the country. Deputy Chief Susan Miller that brings the total amount ...

MILAN, Ill. (AP) - Police say a vehicle struck and killed a United Auto Workers member as he was walking to a picket line outside a John Deere plant in Illinois. Milan, Illinois, Police Chief Shawn Jo...

The Marion County Board voted Tuesday night to start over on developing a website and agreed to expand it to be a portal to access individual county offices. After dismissing its first web developer, ...