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...

CHICAGO — Customers across Illinois could be facing higher water and sewage bills as the state’s largest private water utilities seek rate increases and permission to merge. Illinois American...

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...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday issued a state disaster proclamation for 11 counties ravaged by severe weather this spring and early summer. The proclamation covers Kankakee, McLean, Stephenson and Winnebago...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally stated that Walker's Bluff would be hosting a firework celebration on July 3. That is incorrect. They are not hosting a firework display this year. The Daily Egyptian...

The Carbondale City Council in its June 23 meeting passed a moratorium that pauses the development of any potential data centers for one year within city limits.   The city has taken this precaution...

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” severely impacted two of Illinois' most economically vulnerable groups: the hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans set to lose Supplemental Nutrition...

The overturn of Roe v. Wade four years ago has wrought numerous changes for Illinois’ abortion ecosystem, turning the state into a destination for tens of thousands of people across the United States...