Sen. Dale Fowler, R-Harrisburg, who has served for a decade in the Illinois Senate, is stepping down at the end...

The arrest comes 18 months after authorities first received a tip.

Most stories I report on disappear as soon as they’re filed. But a few stay in the bones. This is...

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the...

Public records reveal that an assistant football coach in Carterville who’s under investigation for criminal sexual abuse had previously been...

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and the Illinois State Board of Education have requested personnel and other records as part...

More than a year passed between when the FBI received a tip about alleged sexual abuse involving a Carterville school...

An Illinois farmer turned flood-prone fields into rice paddies, but federal policy still favors corn and soy.

Alexander County farmers struggle with repeated floods and long-delayed federal easement programs.

Human services in Illinois were decimated by the state’s two-year budget impasse, which began a decade ago. Federal cuts threaten...