One of the oldest churches in Sangamon County with ties to the evangelist Rev. Peter Cartwright is closing.

ORLANDO, Fla.

ROCKFORD - Effective Jan. 1, violators of the Move Over Law, also known as Scott's Law, will be fined $250, up from $100, for a first offense and $750 for a subsequent offense.

MOSCOW - A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country's nuclear strike capability.

With necessary sewer work complete, long-promised lane and signal changes will soon come to a crash-prone section of Walnut Street in Springfield.

OAK PARK - An attorney who fought to help get people wrongly convicted of murder out of prison died Thursday morning after getting hit by a vehicle in suburban Chicago.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Few states have changed politically with the head-snapping speed of Iowa.

He was the Fun Guy. The board man who got paid. He overcame injury to reclaim his rightful place as one of the very best basketball players on the planet.

They're called "Simone Things," a catchall phrase for the casual ease with which Simone Biles seems to soar through her sport and her life.