PERRY, Ill. (WGEM) - Another Tri-State town has caught the pickleball fever! Construction is progressing on a plot of land for a second park in Perry. It’s being built on the east side of Main Street, where a derelict house and a former church that burned …
Illinois Comptroller Mendoza said she hopes her replacement is committed to serving the entire state, noting that while she is a Chicagoan, she has a “very soft spot in my heart for southern Illinois.”
Governor JB Pritzker and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal announced the innaugural Fire Station Construction and Rehabilitation Program awards. A total of $5 million dollars was given to 16 recipients around the state. The funding will allow …
Nearly 1,000 lawsuits were filed alleging sexual abuse by staffers at Illinois and Cook County juvenile detention centers. CHICAGO - Nearly 1,000 lawsuits have been filed alleging decades of sexual abuse by employees at Illinois and Cook County youth …
BLOOMINGTON (25News Now) - Around 155 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard are home after a tour of duty overseas since September 2024. The 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment of the Illinois Army National Guard, along with the 2nd Squadron, 122nd …
The Illinois State University has reopened and will resume normal operations at 8 p.m. since power has been restored across the campus. A brief but powerful storm swept through Bloomington-Normal mid-afternoon, causing scattered power outages throughout …
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Two Chinese nationals are facing federal charges related to an alleged massage parlor prostitution operation in Southern Illinois and Indiana, the U.S. District Attorney's Office Southern District of Illinois announced Wednesday. …
PEARL, Ill. (WGEM) - Not every Tri-State community gets its own fire department. The village of Pearl hasn’t had one in at least 20 years. The Spring Creek Fire Protection District was awarded $350,000 from the state on Wednesday to make a longtime …
Another 107 people filed complaints Tuesday against the state for allegedly allowing rampant sexual abuse in Illinois juvenile detention facilities, joining 800 other alleged victims who have filed a slew of lawsuits in the last 14 months. Charles Graves, …
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