As the U.S. sheds manufacturing jobs, Illinois is accepting applications for $24 million in grant funding to establish ...

As the U.S. sheds manufacturing jobs, Illinois is accepting applications for $24 million in grant funding to establish ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Diane Rutledge, who served in District 186 for three-plus decades, first as a teacher and later as superintendent from 2002 to 2007, died at her home in Springfield on Feb. 3. She was ...

An Illinois state senator is renewing a push to change state law to require the immediate expulsion of students found responsible for sexual assault, arguing current policies leave victims unprotected ...

Four Democrats seeking their party's nod to run in November's 15th Congressional District race are scheduled to speak at a forum next week in Jacksonville.

Illinois Democratic and Republican voters will soon decide their party’s nominees for races at the federal and state levels, as well as in a few local races, during the March 17 primary election.

With the Women’s Pro Baseball League set to debut later this year, Analy High School alum Kaija Bazzano and other women with dreams of playing pro ball are closer than ever.

Justin Conder is only 40 years old with a sturdy build and firm handshake, but gray already specks his otherwise brown hair. It’s quite possible a frustrating, eight-year odyssey to obtain a state ...

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A love of tennis — mixed with razzing, rallying (if ever so slowly) and rounding out lives well-lived — keeps a resilient ...

The fiery meeting Mayor Brandon Johnson hosted at the South Shore Cultural Center is a sign that last fall’s grueling 2026 budget fight shows no signs of simmering down.

Spoon River College President Curt Oldfield will leave the community college this summer to become president of Lincoln Land ...