A Girard man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 southbound in Montgomery County Wednesday morning.

Five people in central Illinois, including Jacksonville Correctional Center inmates age 35 and 51, died after testing positive for COVID-19, officials said Wednesday.

The Lincoln Land Community College Board of Trustees recently approved conferring the honorary title of "emeritus" upon John E.

Election judge Patty Broers said poll workers at Cotton Hill Precinct 1 just south of Rochester were greeted by a long line of voters as doors opened Tuesday morning.

A committee hearing into House Speaker Michael Madigan's conduct scheduled for this week has been postponed.

With the coronavirus continuing to spread in the state, Gov.

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Amid the region's worst COVID-19 surge yet, the Springfield City Council unanimously approved an emergency measure mandating that face masks be worn in all retail establishments while imposing fines on those who do not comply.

Two people who died Tuesday - men in ther 60s and 90s - brought the number of COVID-19 deaths among Sangamon County residents to 69, officials announced Wednesday.