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Driver's blood alcohol over legal limit The Stephenson County Sheriff's Office says toxicology results show that a Guatemalan national's blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit w...

To commemorate Child Passenger Safety Week (September 21-27), a free drive-up car seat safety check event will be held on Saturday, September 27, from 9am-1pm in the parking lot of OSF Healthcare St. ...

Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal house fire in Saybrook as 72-year-old Carol D. Purcell. The McLean County Sheriff's Department responded around 4:12 p.m. on Sept. 19 to a fire at 301...

(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump says Charlie Kirk asked him to save Chicago. The president addressed tens of thousands of people at the Turning Point USA's memorial service in Glendale, A...

Edgar remembered at funeral service Gov. J.B. Pritzker says former Gov. Jim Edgar had a unique ability to bring people together despite their differences. Pritzker spoke Saturday at Edgar's funeral se...

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop previews some of what the expectations are from the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals oral...

The Bloomington City Council will take up three key issues at its meeting Monday, Sept. 22, including whether to keep the city's 1% grocery tax, expand video gaming licenses, and provide financial rel...

A 72-year-old woman died Friday afternoon in a house fire in Saybrook. The McLean County Sheriff's Department said deputies were dispatched at about 4:12 p.m. to a home at 301 W. Oak Street, where mul...

(The Center Square) - The state of Illinois will be defending its gun and magazine ban Monday in front of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The 2023 law was found unconstitutional last year b...

(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump says Chicago needs big, strong soldiers to get the city into shape. The president took questions from reporters on Air Force One while returning from Londo...