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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – More Illinois seniors will qualify for state benefits such as discounted license plates in 2020. The Illinois Department of Aging says it’s using new, higher incom...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Officials in Pennsylvania say five people have been killed and dozens more hospitalized in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A turnpike spokesman tells The Associated ...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Officials in Pennsylvania say five people have been killed and dozens more hospitalized in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A turnpike spokesman tells The Associated ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Authorities have released the name and charges against the suspect in the hostage situation at Heritage Credit Union in Rockford, Illinois. Police have identified the suspect as...

PEORIA, Ill. — Light snow fell across Central Illinois Friday night, with accumulations in Peoria around 1.1 inches according to the National Weather Service. Sie Maroon, with Peoria Public Work...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Double check your pay stub. 2020 has dawned, and so, too, has Illinois’s new minimum wage rate of $9.25 an hour. The Illinois Department of Labor said it expects employ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in Illinois said customers or employees were stuck inside a bank with an armed robber Friday. Police surrounded Heritage Credit Union in Rockford, about 90 miles nort...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Fire Department helped out the community by checking and installing alarms in homes. In 2019, the PFD helped install 142 smoke alarms and 72 carbon monoxide alarms. Div...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ small businesses may be able to offset the state’s new minimum wage increase with a special tax credit. The Illinois Department of Revenue said in a new...

PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) — A Peoria man charged with murder in his wife’s death pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday. Michael L. Vorrath, 63, was arrested December 13 and faces one...