Circuit Judge Martin W. Siemer to succeed Judge Douglas L. Jarman as chief judge.Â
The Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival is set for 6-8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Saturday in the Chautauqua Building at Shelbyville's Forest Park.
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Decatur cops announced they've cracked murder case and didn't have to go far to find the two suspects: they were already jailed.Â
More than 600 fifth grade students throughout Macon County attended Agucation activities on Tuesday and Wednesday at Richland Community College.
The controversial Shelby County state's attorney will leave office Friday. But his stormy legacy of legal action lingers on.Â
Police said he pulled a gun when his girlfriend refused to have sex with him.Â
SPRINGFIELD — Advocates for community-based after-school programs say as many as 40,000 youths statewide could lose access to tutoring services, recreation and other extracurricular activities this summer unless Illinois lawmakers approve an infusion of funds to keep them going.
Rap artist Lil Wayne will headline the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 14.Â
The new application is shorter, with only 36 questions, and most of the information will be pulled directly from income tax returns. A new IRS tool also simplifies the process.
You won’t see, hear, or read much about it. There were only two farm reporters there. Not even the St. Louis media were there, when 20 miles north of St. Louis on Friday the Biden administration announced an $829 million investment to start the overhaul of one of the most important locks on …
Next year's freshmen high school students who will be in the Decatur Public Schools' Prep Academy registered for classes with Richland Community College and got an introduction to what the next four years will be like during a welcome ceremony.Â
Heavy rain and lightning are likely across central Illinois today. Hail and damaging wind are expected in spots and isolated tornadoes and flooding can't be ruled out. Get all the details on the timing and hazards in our updated forecast.
Decatur Public Schools celebrated Career Signing Day for students whose internships and trades training have led to jobs right out of high school.Â
He is also quoted as saying he was worried about outstanding warrants after failing to show up for court.Â
Decatur man had targeted his wife and her teenage daughter, and not for the first time.Â
A tornado watch has been issued for much of Indiana and Illinois, as well as southeast Wisconsin and southwest Michigan, until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Heavy rain and lightning will be common. Hail, damaging wind, and tornadoes are possible.
Landmark Illinois, a historic preservation group, included Decatur’s Masonic Temple to the list of 2024 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois.
Open house for the historic Powers Mansion to be held Wednesday, May 15.
Two rounds of showers and storms are expected in Indiana and Illinois Tuesday. Damaging wind and hail could occur in spots and isolated tornadoes and flooding can't be ruled out. The threat for severe storms will continue on Wednesday as well.
According to a report prepared by Peoria-based PGAV Planners and issued in January, 77% of the more than 2,000 buildings within the TIF have deteriorated and another 9% are dilapidated.
Decatur Memorial Hospital has been giving away Nourishing Neighbors food bags to their patients in need.
There were no other vehicles or pedestrians involved in the crash.
Severe weather, including tornadoes, threaten the Great Plains and Midwest Monday into Tuesday.Â
An invasive species of tick that can lay up to 2,000 eggs at a time without a mate has been found in Illinois, state officials reported Monday.Â
A "perfect storm' got Jim Stewart into coaching, and he's built a successful program at St. Teresa ever since.
He invited 15-year-old boy to his apartment before sparring with the child and then sexually assaulting him, police say.
SPRINGFIELD — To close what some sexual abuse survivors and advocates see as a legal loophole, Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would criminalize sexual relations between school authority figures and students aged 18 to 23.
The Coalition of Neighborhood Organizations will sponsor a public safety panel discussion at Decatur Public Library 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11.Â
Decatur man's troubles got worse when police said jail scanners revealed what he had been hiding.Â
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Spring practice answered some questions about the Illini before the 2024 season, but there are still a couple to be answered before they kick the season off in the fall.
Illinois has eight new players and counting on next year's roster.
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World Press Freedom Day on May 3 was a grim reminder of how many voices have recently been silenced by the world’s authoritarian regimes.
In principle, we applaud Northwestern University for forging a written agreement with student protesters who had set up camp in Deering Meadow.
USC faculty criticized Carol Folt for calling in police to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters camping out on campus. (Scripps News)