FILE – In this June 28, 2020, file photo, armed homeowners Mark and Patricia McCloskey, stand in front their house along Portland Place confront...

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (AP) — MacMurray College in central Illinois will put its real estate up for auction in November as it prepares to close...

FILE – In this July 26, 2017, file photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in...

FILE – In this April 13, 2020 file photo, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives a daily state update on the coronavirus outbreak in Chicago....

ALTON, Ill. (WJPF) — A US Postal Service employee in the metro east has been charged with stealing mail. Federal prosecutors say Tia Taylor,...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — One person was hurt in a single vehicle crash Sunday in Williamson County. It happened around 8:30 p.m. on...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — Two people were shot in a drive-by shooting in Carbondale Saturday. Carbondale Police say shots were fired from a black...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Ameren energy company says it plans to invest $8 billion in renewable energy projects during the next two decades,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Restrictions aimed at limiting spread of the coronavirus in Chicago’s restaurants and bars will ease slightly this week. Mayor Lori Lightfoot...