Michael Lowery, a former Kansas, Illinois teacher and current Martinsville, Illinois teacher was arrested in Edgar County yesterday and held in the Edgar County Jail. According to Judici, today the ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the former Wayne City police chief with selling forfeited items confiscated by the department for his personal benefit.

Statement from the Jefferson County Sheriff: “April 16, 2025, at 10:56:42 AM CDT Yesterday afternoon, 48-year-old Michelle L. McKinney of Nason, IL was arrested for the felony crimes of Possession of ...

Jersey County Treasurer Katie Abbey has been under investigation by the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit since at least October of 2024, after allegations surfaced of her misappropriation ...

State Representative Edgar Gonzalez, Jr., Chicago, has introduced House Bill 1634, seeking to adopt the vehicle emissions standards of California. The bill basically requires that “Illinois ...

This is the first of a series of articles where we will discuss the Will and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, contracts, employees, IMRF, and alleged conflicts of interest. In July ...

The Edgar County Board held its organizational meeting this morning and elected Jeff Voigt as chairman for another two years. Mr. Luddington and Mr. Chittick are the two newly elected county board ...

We wrote several articles about this situation (read them here) – the latest was on the guilty plea of the former union president and business agent. Thomas R. Williamson Sr., of Schererville was ...

Earlier last month, the Village of Dolton Trustees passed a Resolution removing Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s name from the village’s bank account, which should have prevented her from signing any ...

In a case which should have never been brought, the Appellate Court upheld the Calumet City Electoral Board’s decision to deny Nyota Figgs’ objection to Thaddeus Jones’ name appearing on the ballot, ...

Appellate Court’s reversing a previous ruling, and now at a Jury trial, Tyler Abbott was acquitted of charges by a Coles County Jury late this morning in Coles County Circuit Court. Let’s assume you ...

Governor Pritzker has signed HB2369, or Public Act 102-1132, which amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act (“MVAA”). It became effective upon the Governor’s signature. This Legislative action ...