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A special enrollment period for Illinoisans needing health insurance kicks off Monday. Get Covered Illinois Executive Director Laura Pellikan says an executive order signed by President Biden provides...

Graphic from Illinois Petroleum Resources Board. Oil production in the Illinois basin dropped 8.9-percent in 2020, with Marion County maintaining its position as the 2nd highest oil-producing county i...

There are three food pantries that are planned in the area on Saturday. Save with Amazing Grace with the Salem Church of Christ will be having a produce drive-through giveaway at the Church of Christ ...

A 53-year-old Centralia man was injured in a single-vehicle crash early Friday morning in downtown Centralia. Salvador Alcanter of Short Street told Centralia Police he was approaching the intersectio...

Jefferson County Fire Protection District officials say a fire damaged a portion of a building being renovated for Cardinal Buildings of 17182 Illinois Route 15 about a mile east of Mt. Vernon. The fi...

Three people were injured in a two-car crash on westbound Interstate 70 at milepost 58 in Vandalia. State Police say preliminary investigative details indicate a car driven by 36-year-old William Free...

Two people remained in the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants on Friday. 43-year-old Seth Lambert of Burks Road in Vernon is being held in lieu of $5,000 bond on a Marion County felony failure...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Rock Island resident is the first in Illinois identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to have contracted a variant of COVID-19 first identified in South...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois has submitted his resignation to the Biden administration despite two congressmen advocating for his retention. John Mil...

The driver of a pickup truck was killed in a crash involving a semi-truck at the Veterans Memorial Drive exit near Mt. Vernon Thursday afternoon. State Police say the name of the person killed has not...