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Normal will soon have a new hotel. The Radisson Hotel on Traders Circle in north Normal will have its groundbreaking at 11 a.m. next Tuesday.Town Manager Mark Peterson said the upscale hotel will have...

This year's road construction faces an uncertain future if Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly don't agree to authorize transportation spending by the end of June, according...

There is even more fallout from the lack of progress on the state budget deal.Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced Tuesday that the state has lost millions of dollars in investment income bec...

The Illinois State Museum in Springfield in on track to reopen in early July after a legislative panel Tuesday approved a proposal to allow it to charge an admission fee.The bipartisan Joint Committee...

A bill is awaiting action from Gov. Bruce Rauner that would give Illinois police training and authorization to carry epinephrine auto-injectors to help with severe allergic reactions.The measure is na...

An Urbana man has been charged in the shooting death of his son. According to the News-Gazette in Champaign, 66 year-old David Farrell was charged Monday with three counts of first-degree murder in th...

The State Board of Elections is delaying its decision on whether to suspend a review into the campaign spending of Auditor General Frank Mautino pending a separate federal probe.The spending scrutiny ...

An unidentified man was shot early Monday morning while walking down the street near the corner of Olive and Euclid. Most details are unavailable at this time, however police say the man was take...

Is your car full of change? Or perhaps you have a coin jar or purse? If you do, you might be sitting on thousands of dollars.According to various news outlets, a batch of 1970 quarters are being aucti...

More bad news regarding the non-existent state budget as Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger has announced that without a new budget agreement, the state will stop paying lottery winners (again) after ...