SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' once-sleepy Democratic primary for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat heated up Monday night as the three leading contenders used their first live debate to cast themselves as ...

At least 100 people have died from the flu this season in Illinois, with 77 of those deaths occurring this month alone, ...

The City of Effingham got 11.5 inches of snow over the weekend, according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Nicole ...

As winter weather brings extreme cold across Illinois, fire safety officials are urging residents to use extra caution when heating their homes. Frigid temperatures often lead people to ...

US stocks rise, gold hits record, dollar's value sinks ...

Developers of a proposed massive transmission line that would bring wind-generated electricity from western Kansas to Illinois and other Midwest states cleared a legal hurdle Friday when the ...

Illinois will receive $193 million for each of the next five years to expand health care access for the approximately 1.9 ...

The Cumberland Lady Pirates girls basketball team, in its inaugural season in the National Trail Conference, are champions of the National Trail Conference Tournament after a come-from-behind victory ...

At least eight inches of snow had fallen on portions of Effingham County by 8 a.m. Sunday, with drifts as high as six feet in ...

Below are results from boys basketball games that occurred on Saturday: ...

CURRENT CONDITIONS 8:00AM 1/25: Winter Storm Fern has made hazardous impacts on our roadways across Illinois. Do not be out ...

Here is the National Weather forecast Saturday morning for Cumberland, Clark, Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Clay, Richland and ...