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Jessica and Brenden Taylor proudly introduce new son, Noah James Taylor, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese's New Year's Baby of 2021. The first baby of the New Year has arrived at HSHS St. Joseph̵...

If you have a live Christmas Tree you want to dispose of after the holidays, the Cities of Salem and Centralia along with Carlyle Lake are providing options to get rid of the trees to be used as fish ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The stage is set for a decisive legal battle in Illinois' highest court between a large, well-established company and a small upstart over a cannabis-growing license potentially worth m...

Two more COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday. The deaths were a female in her 50s in Jefferson County and a male in his 90s in Fayette County....

A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been identified in the United Kingdom and has now been identified in three states. The US cases are not known to be linked to travel, which could in...

There was slightly less precipitation in 2020 compared to the prior year. The Salem Water Plant recorded 50.43 inches of precipitation compared to 51.94 inches in 1999. The highest amount of rain came...

Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a 48-year-old Odin woman for aggravated assault after she allegedly chased her husband on several streets in Odin early Saturday morning while armed wit...

CHICAGO (AP) - A December decision by insurer Aetna to drop Walgreens from its Illinois Medicaid plan is making it harder for thousands of low-income Chicago residents to get their prescriptions fille...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The leader of the Central Illinois Foodbank says the group plans to use an anonymous donor's $500,000 gift to expand its reach during a time of growing need amid the ongoing c...

The Illinois Department of Public Health New Year’s Day reported 157 more COVID-19 related deaths including four in South Central Illinois. Three of the deaths were in Jefferson County, females ...