Susan Wynn Bence has been elected the Illinois Federation of Republican Women (IFRW) as its new president.
Bence will oversee nine regions and 41 clubs. It is the largest grassroots volunteer Republican women's organization in...
The Momence school board is expected to vote on a reported $441,600 worth of cuts. Teaching staff and sports programs are part of the cuts as the school board considers increasing fees for sports, fine arts and driver's...
The Rachard Butler murder trial will demand increased security when the trial resumes today at the Kankakee County Courthouse.
A fight on the 1st floor of the courthouse Friday involved some 30 people. No arrests were made and...
A Central Illinois man is free from prison after serving nearly 20 years of a 55-year sentence. Teshome Campbell was freed Friday after the Champaign County state's attorney declined to retry him for the 1998 murder of...
Two men are jailed in Watseka after an investigation involving alleged identity theft. 67-year-old Walter Urban of Watseka and 27-year-old Mekiell Burns of Pembroke are jailed in Iroquois County.
Urban is facing charges of...
A 34-year-old Springfield man died in a one-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in rural Ford County. Christopher Ford was eastbound on Illinois 9 near County Road 2500 E. Illinois State Police report Ford was east of Paxton when the...
Caterpillar announced Friday the company will add about 160 jobs to its existing Pontiac plant. The jobs in Livingston County are the result of company-wide restructuring.
The Peoria-based manufacturer also announced the loss of...
Officials at ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft Company in Danville is letting 48 employees go. The Danville Forging and Machining operations reports the downturn in the heavy equipment market has forced an adjustment in production...
Forty-nine year-old James J. Ward of Watseka is facing charges after KAMEG agents executed a search warrant at this rural home. Ward is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to...
