For the third time in four days, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported over 4,000 new COVID-19 positive cases.

MORTON - Lily Scalf is making a fashion statement with her new creations. The fashion is a scarf with one, two or three segments attached with snaps.

If there is such a thing as a 76-year-old poster child, Collin Peterson, the chairman of the House Ag Committee, could be the weatherworn face of today's red-and-blue political divide in rural America.

One of the major questions Illinois voters will answer on Nov. 3 will be on the ballot statewide - whether to amend the state's constitution to allow for a graduated rate income tax.

CHILLICOTHE - Making the decision to cancel the monthly Rusty Pickup Barn Dances during the shutdown in March was painful for Peggy Holmes-Hicks.