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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — If current trends hold, it will be two weeks ago this Friday since Illinois saw at least 1,000 new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period. The Illinois Department of Public ...

Congratulations to Krista Bailey of Deer Creek, the WINNER of the Party of the Patio Giveaway! Krista wins a Traeger Grill from Nena Hardware, a pair of Adirondack chairs from Bushwhacker, a outdoor r...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’s unemployment rate dropped an even two percentage points from April to May, 17.2% to 15.2%. Thursday’s report from the Illinois Department of Employment...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Heart of Illinois Fair Board of Directors have announced on the fair’s Facebook page that they have decided to postpone the 2020 Heart of Illinois Fair. The HOI Fair was...

PEKIN, Ill. — Illinois State Police and Pekin Police were called to the Pekin Gun and Sporting Goods store, located at 281 Derby Street, Thursday morning. A car apparently crashed into the front...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of h...

WASHINGTON (AP) – About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring so...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J-B Pritzker announced on Wednesday $900 million in grants for Illinois communities and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pritzker said for many people, weat...

PEORIA, Ill. — Northwoods Mall in Peoria is turning an empty parking lot into a drive-in theater beginning this weekend through July 11. Free family-friendly movies will be shown each Friday and...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nearly 30,000 tests for COVID-19 were taken from Tuesday to Wednesday at labs across Illinois, with 546 coming back positive. There have been 87 deaths reported over that sam...