Southern Illinois University has established a regional African American Heritage Center aimed at preserving and promoting the history of Black communities across southern Illinois. The Southern Illinois...

Funding for commercial flights to small airports around the country, including to three communities in Illinois, could be reduced under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal. Congress is...

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker signed 31 new laws on Friday as he continues evaluating measures passed in the spring session, including bills banning certain ingredients from cosmetics and correcting...

BENTON — An Illinois Department of Corrections payroll worker admitted in federal court Wednesday that she falsified her correctional officer husband's overtime and holiday pay, defrauding the state...

Severe thunderstorms hit Carbondale late Thursday and Friday nights, causing flash floods that closed roads in several parts of town and threatened business on the Strip Thursday, especially between East...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a statement from Carbondale City Manager Stan Reno and information from a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office press release identifying the deceased.  UPDATE...

A restructuring of Arlington Heights-based Paddock Publications taking place in early June has led to the shutdown of at least 13 of the 20 local newspapers owned by their subsidiaries, the majority of...

Southern Illinois lawmakers were set to meet in June with representatives from downstate water districts to discuss the possibility of combining into a larger district to provide emergency backup and seek...

In a June 7 board of trustees meeting, the Village of Cambria voted to establish a police merit board to screen officers. The board also discussed Trustee Marshall Brown’s property survey, unsealed executive...

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees is set to determine Thursday if Carbondale Chancellor Austin Lane will receive his annual bonus — an additional $65,000 on top of his annual base salary...

Illinois has seen a record number of tornadoes just six months into the year after a series of spring and summer storms barreled their way across the Midwest, causing millions in damage as federal disaster...

This story is a collaboration between Capitol News Illinois and Illinois Answers Project. Editor’s note: Some individuals in this story are identified only by first name and last initial  at their...