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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,381 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and eight deaths. Monday’s reported fatalities bring the state’s...

CHICAGO (AP) – An 8-year-old girl was killed and two adults were severely wounded after they were shot Monday evening in Chicago while traveling in a vehicle on the city’s South Side. Chic...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – The 2020 presidential race is entering its final phase. Democratic candidate Joe Biden is set to visit Pennsylvania for a virtual AFL-CIO town hall, and he’s collec...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported just over 1,400 new cases of coronavirus and five additonal deaths. Since the start of the pandemic, 249,580 cases...

CHICAGO (AP) – A former ComEd vice president has been charged with bribery conspiracy, the first criminal charge tied to a federal probe that has implicated House Speaker Michael Madigan. The Ch...

CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois health authorities are reporting 2,806 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, one day after a recently discovered backlog of tests added more than 5,000 cases to the statewide ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded at approximately 11:47 p.m. Saturday to a structure fire at 714 E. Maywood Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Clinton Kuhlman said crews found smoke coming...

PEORIA, Ill. — Emergency crews were called at approximately 6:20 p.m. Saturday to an apartment complex in the 3300 block of W. Woodhill Lane on reports of an unconscious male. Firefighters first...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 487 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS DE WIT...

MORTON, Ill. — Fewer students are positive with COVID-19 this week compared to last week, but the number of students in quarantine is up. Last week, there were eight students that had tested pos...