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  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn wants to close two prisons, including a "super max" institution at Tamms. An administration official said Tuesday that Quinn's budget proposal also calls

  • This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information about a strong arm robbery which occurred in the lot of 2193 Stevenson, Big Reds Bait and Tackle on January 31 around 7:30 p.m. Police say a black man, 6'0",

  • CHAMPAIGN, IL- Champaign Police have arrested a Mahomet man for allegedly video taping women and children in a coffee shop restroom. Police received a tip on February 13 from a woman who said she saw

  • CHARLESTON, IL- A central Illinois landmark will soon be open for business again. Charleston's Will Rogers Theatre closed back in November 2010 but new owners recently bought the theatre. The Stone Soup

  • Millikin University President Dr. Harold Jeffcoat
    DECATUR, IL- Millikin University in Decatur has announced it will be giving incoming students a break. The school says it plans to freeze tuition and not increase housing prices for the next school year. Currently,

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed Illinois budget calls for closing 14 state facilities, including eight run by the Corrections Department. A person who has seen the budget proposal

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Investigators have determined that Illinois Department of Human Services officials approved $1.7 million in payments to a transportation business despite the company's conviction

  • DECATUR, IL- The Decatur Police Department is asking for help in solving a string of armed robberies they think could be connected. One robbery occurred at Apex Petroleum on East Wood Street, another

  • MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) -- State officials are renaming part of Interstate 57 in northern Illinois to honor black pilots who served during World War II. Gov. Pat Quinn and other officials announced Monday

  • OTTERVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A 140-year-old brass bell from a southern Illinois school has been found under debris in a bus garage. Jersey Community School District administrator Ken Schell says the bell

  • CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Residents in Illinois and three other states have reported feeling a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that was centered in southeast Missouri. WSIU Radio in Carbondale reports that the

  • DECATUR-Every other week, a child dies when a TV or furniture falls on them. There have not been any local deaths caused by TVs falling on kids just yet, and proactive parents can keep it that way. Furniture

  • CHAMPAIGN - Champaign-Urbana voters head to polling places on March 20th, they will see a referendum for municipal electric aggregation. This means voters get to decide if they want the cities to buy

  • DECATUR, IL- A large number of white collar layoffs at Decatur's Archer Daniels Midland are expected this week, starting possibly as early as Tuesday. Salaried white collar workers at ADM have been

  • CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says he deserves a better grade on his job-creation policies than the C given to him by the head of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber's president, Doug Whitley,

  • SANGAMON COUNTY, IL- Two people are in the hospital and one man is in jail after a crash in Sangamon County over the weekend. The accident happened early Sunday morning on Illinois Route 97 a half mile

  • MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says he's prepared to cut the state budget back to levels Illinois hasn't seen in more than four years. The Democrat delivers his proposed state budget Wednesday.

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating an Illinois grant program run by an administrator who was fired for mismanagement but has returned to work with back pay and a raise. A

  • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A fire completely destroyed a mobile home in Shadow Wood Trailer Court around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The fire broke out at 21 Linden Drive, but firefighters said flames were visible from

  • FAYETTE COUNTY, IL- A fiery crash early Sunday morning in Fayette County leaves two dead and a third person in a St. Louis hospital. Police say Robert and Shawn Norris were traveling south on Route 51

  • CHICAGO (AP) -- The president of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce says he'd give Pat Quinn a C or C+ grade on Quinn's job-creation policies during his tenure as governor. Doug Whitley spoke to The Associated

  • "What would he think if we took away his home away from him, and his family away from him?" That's the question posed by residents of the Jacksonville Developmental Center to Governor Pat Quinn Saturday. Quinn

  • According to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report, over 14,000 people were homeless in Illinois in 2009. And in 2010 that number increased by 340 people. Pastors in the local ministerial

  • Decatur, IL - With buzzers in hand and the clock ticking down, students put their knowledge to the test. Middle school students met at Millikin University Saturday morning for the regional Mathcounts Competition

  • Urbana, IL - A fire rips through a home in Urbana leaving one woman without a place to stay Saturday. Firefighters say they were called to a fire at a home at 1102 Wabash Avenue just before 3 p.m. Saturday.

  • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Members of First United Methodist Church were learning about laughing Saturday morning. Tom Neufer Enswiler instructed "Laugh Louder...Live Longer." He said studies show laughter is

  • Lovington - The Lovington High School, and for some, the high school's gym was a special place. Tonight the Panthers played their last home game ever, as they will consolidate with Arthur High School. Alumni

  • URBANA - Broken down, chewed up trees and a beaver dam cover the creek at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana. Park District Environmental Program Manager Judy Miller says that's because there are about four beavers

  • CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' attorney general and state prosecutors are objecting to one of the first efforts to allow cameras in a courtroom -- the upcoming case of an alleged serial killer. Advocates of

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Lying to police may be a bad idea, but the Illinois Supreme Court says it's not always a crime. The ruling involves a LaSalle County man whose wife was driving with a suspended

  • DECATUR, IL- The long-time director of the Macon County Health Department passed away early Friday morning. Jerry Andrews worked at the department for 43 years before retiring in 2010. Andrews started

  • CHICAGO (AP) -- Five current and former prison inmates in Illinois are pressing forward with a federal lawsuit against the state claiming the amount of soy in their diets while behind bars caused them

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that laid-off tenured teachers in Chicago do not have a right to be rehired later. The 5-2 ruling Friday came after budget cuts in 2010 forced

  • SANGAMON COUNTY, IL- A rollover crash early Friday morning killed one person in Sangamon County. The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Friday morning on Route 125 just east of Kepler Road. Police say

  • They know their math, and now local students are headed to the finals after a competition last Saturday. Nine area middle schools competed in the annual Math-Counts contest. This year's mathletes represented

  • ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal confirmed that Caterpillar plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Georgia. Deal said in a statement that Georgia's business climate offers the logistics,

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois officials are encouraging school children to participate in a contest by submitting artistic designs to decorate rain barrels. The Illinois Department of Transportation

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The state of Illinois is calling all green thumbs. State officials will hold public meetings next month for anyone who wants to participate in the Illinois Products Farmers'

  • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The run up to last week's Powerball jackpot raised $14.5 million for Illinois schools, roads and bridges. Illinois Lottery officials announced Thursday that as the jackpot grew

  • DECATUR, IL- Two central Illinois lawmakers say they want to change laws regarding the use of Fire Arms Owner Identification, or FOID, cards. Republican State Representative Adam Brown of Decatur says

  • The number of children facing childhood obesity in Illinois is staggering. Nearly 21-percent of Illinois teens between 10 and 17 were obese in 2007, that's one in five teenagers. Decatur Public Schools

  • RANTOUL - Village leaders are looking for community input for a clean up project on the former Chanute Air Force Base. There are 12 contaminated sites remaining on the base and the plan is to clean them

  • LINCOLN, IL- A teen from northern Illinois has been charged with DUI and reckless homicide in Logan County. Illinois State Police say Tyler Balsley, 18, of Sterling was drunk when he hit and killed a

  • URBANA, IL- A Champaign man was convicted in court Thursday for the September beating death of a homeless man. A jury found Jermaine Davis, 36, guilty of first degree murder. Police say Davis attacked

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