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BY TRENT FORD Due to significant planting delays across most of the Midwest this year, I have heard many concerns about an early fall freeze and its potential effects on immature crops. Most plants ex...

The Illinois Department of Transportation today renewed its call for qualified individuals to step forward and apply for seasonal positions to help with snow-and-ice removal across the state. Through ...

A new report shows Illinois' unfunded pension debt liability remained highest in the nation despite the 2017 income tax hike. Despite passing a record income tax hike in 2017, Illinois' pension health...

Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Springfield and Cicero offices of longtime Democratic state Sen. Martin Sandoval as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, according to a source. The FBI led t...

A load of Disaster Relief will be leaving Midwest Food Bank Bloomington-Normal today at 2 p.m. The load, requested by The Salvation Army yesterday, will be taken to Beaumont, TX for the flood ravaged ...

Attorneys have subpoenaed former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn in a federal civil rights lawsuit over his 2015 decision to commute the sentence of man convicted in an Illinois Institute of Technology studen...

Illinois lawmakers will consider legislation this fall that would outlaw flavored vaping products and ban electronic cigarette use in indoor public spaces. The Chicago Tribune reports Democratic state...

Five Illinois residents have joined the ranks of young people nationwide to sue the makers of e-cigarettes that allege the companies' marketing tactics targeted them when they were minors. The plainti...

You are paying more for a gallon of gas in Central Illinois. Gasbuddy.com reports prices rose 9.4 cents per gallon last week to $2.69 a gallon. While that is 11.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ...

Illinois is well ahead of the deadline to get people new drivers licenses and state ID cards. The Illinois Secretary of State said late last week that their office has issued over 300-thousand Real ID...