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State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) voted to stop customers of Commonwealth Edison and Ameren from facing steep, annual electric rate hikes. Barickman joined ten other Senators who voted against Senate Bill 9 May 21...

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DISTRICT 21 WARNS MOTORING PUBLIC TO DRIVE SAFELY DURING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TRAVEL State Troopers to Strictly Enforce Speeding, DUI, Seatbelt and Distracted Driving Ashkum – Illinois State Police...

County Clerk Lisa Fancher is announcing a purge of voter registration files.  The state-required purge takes place this month.  All registered voters will receive a new voter registration card by mail.  It is...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan is looking for a publisher --  to get his tell-all book on the market. The former governor, former secretary of state, former legislator, pharmacist and most-recently, former...

Federal Grants, Low-Interest Loans Will Help Families and Businesses Recover from Historic Floods SPRINGFIELD – Governor Pat Quinn today announced 14 more counties were approved for federal disaster aid to help people and...

A two-hour closed meeting of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Board is now questioned as a possible illegal meeting.  And—action taken by the Board could be challenged. Administrator Doug Corbett was stripped of any duties...

Danville police are looking for answers regarding two separate shootings overnight that left a 21-year-old female dead and sent three other people to the hospital. Both shootings occurred within four hours and a few blocks of...

Bill Would Ban Sale of High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines SPRINGFIELD - Governor Pat Quinn today released the following statement regarding the passage of Senate Bill 1002 out of the Illinois Senate Executive Committee. Governor...

SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) joined fellow Senators Monday calling for a confirmation hearing on Dr. David Gill’s nomination to become the Assistant Director of the Illinois Department of Public...

Missing Juvenile: Dominique Ferguson, 14 year old black female, 5'05", 150 pounds. Missing from Kankakee and may be in the company of her mother, Lakesha Howard, somewhere in Chicago near Ohio and Hamlin. Dominique came to...