QUINCY — Two Quincy residences have been declared a total loss after an early Friday morning four-alarm fire in the 300 block ...

I urge the board to consider alternatives that allow Eugene Field to remain open. The school’s impact goes beyond test scores ...

In a wiretapped phone call, McClain told Madigan that some utility executives were thinking of giving the board seat back to ...

The State of Illinois has provided a $5 million grant to enable Marshalltown Hammer to acquire and establish operations in ...

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Just about nothing happened in the first week of veto session in the House and the Senate. The Democratic legislative leaders ...

CHICAGO – Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he received an unexpected voicemail from powerful Illinois House ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Parks and Recreation has a contact at the North Pole. A special North Pole Express mailbox is at City Hall for letters to Santa. Children are encouraged to drop off letters in ...

QUINCY — The cause of a fire on Wednesday afternoon at a structure fire in a home at 1631 N. Fifth was labeled as undetermined pending further investigation. The Quincy Fire Department was dispatched ...

SPRINGFIELD – For the second time in seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Alderman Danny Solis after reading about a proposed real estate development in the ...

CHICAGO — A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a federal program designed to help ...

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