Livingston County Sheriff marty Meredith is hoping a meeting next week with state officials will kick-start his plan to reopen a part of the women's prison at Dwight.
The sheriff's plan is to use a portion of the...
Another political figure is stepping aside. State Representative Pam Roth announced today (Wed) she's resigning from the state legislature.
The Morris Republican is moving to Texas with her family.
Roth said her husband has been...
A five-hour Iroquois County Board meeting (Tuesday) included a range of newsy matters of interest, none of which lacked comment from board members and the public.
The brunt of the meeting centered, again, on the Ford-Iroquois...
It'll be a few months, at least, before a county board seat is filled in Vermilion County.
The District 7 seat of the late-Larry Mills won't be filled until September at earliest. That's from officials in Vermilion County.
The...
The Kankakee County Board has to fill two vacancies. Tuesday, two Republicans resigned because they moved from thee districts they were representing.
Chad Miller, a newcomer to the board, and former Vice-Chairman Todd Arseneau...
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois now has a concealed carry law on the books, but state Rep Brandon Phelps says that doesn't mean everyone will be allowed to carry a gun in public.
People must be trained and licensed before they can...
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois will be the last state in the nation to allow the carry of concealed weapons. The General Assembly voted to override Governor Pat Quinn's veto of the measure. The "Chicago Tribune" reports it may be...
(Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois House has shot down Governor Quinn's changes to a concealed carry bill.
There wasn't even any debate on whether Quinn's ideas were worth considering. Quinn wanted people to carry only one gun at...
SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) joined an overwhelming majority in both the House and Senate Tuesday in overriding Governor Pat Quinn's amendatory veto of legislation bringing Illinois in line with a...
It appears to an "unfixable mess." That's what Iroquois County Board Chairman Rod Copas says about the Ford-Iroquois Health Department.
Similar comments surfaced from the Ford County Board meeting in Paxton Monday night.
Iroquois...
