Man who threatened mass shooting at McKendree University pleads guilty
The messages he sent in 2025 repeatedly invoked the phrase ‘pain and tears forever.’
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DeSoto man who struck boy, mother 117 times with a bat pleads guilty to murder
Marcus Moultrie, 37, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges.
Prosecutors: Man charged with killing 8-year-old DeSoto boy tried to hire inmate to kill boy’s mother
A DeSoto man charged with killing an 8-year-old boy is accused of trying to hire a fellow inmate to kill ...
For scuba diving enthusiasts, Mermet Springs is ‘the best place in the Midwest’
Sometimes a person doesn’t just discover a place. It discovers them, too. For Glen Faith, that place was an abandoned ...
Travelers flocked to the ‘Middle of Everything’ last year, generating over $88 billion in economic impact
Travelers spent over $50 billion – a first for the state.
Feds: Southern Illinois coal mine managers concealed ‘deadly conditions’
This is the latest in a series of state and federal actions against the mine’s operators.
State to lay off hundreds at troubled southern Illinois mental health facility
The troubled facility in southern Illinois is giving way to a need for more mental health beds in Chicago, state ...
A once dying mall in Southern Illinois is getting a mighty makeover, thanks to $112M STAR Bonds deal — created by the state and backed by local tax money — but the project has hit a speed bump
Officials say the massive redevelopment is on track, but a main developer has already dropped out, facing a slew of ...
Darren Bailey enters Illinois governor’s race, pledging new approach to Chicago area
Darren Bailey selected Cook County Republican Party Chair Aaron Del Mar as his running mate as a part of a ...
Ex-GOP nominee for AG Tom DeVore temporarily loses law license over inappropriate client relationship
Tom DeVore, a former GOP nominee for attorney general, will temporarily lose his law license.
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