The Peoria County Board appointed George McKenna as the next Regional Superintendent of Education, Branden Martin as the new ...

Chief Meteorologist Kevin Lighty takes a look at how things are shaping up for Mother's Day weekend.

The Indiana State Police discovered more than eight pounds of marijuana products, including nearly 400 THC vape pens, in an ...

This year’s Most Endangered list is wide-ranging, not only in the kinds of troubling threats these places face, but also in ...

Funding is coming to Sangamon County to create a pathway for more high schoolers to get into high-paying blue-collar jobs.

(WAND) - A series of weather systems will produce several rounds of showers and thunderstorms across central Illinois. The ...

The combination of dry soil, strong winds and spring plowing could lead to reduced visibility and hazardous driving ...

On Wednesday, Peoria attorney Ronald Hanna was appointed as U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Peoria and Rock Island divisions of the Central District of Illinois. Hanna was appointed based upon the ...

The Central Illinois Foodbank serves Cass, Greene, Logan, Menard, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon and Schuyler Counties with products purchased through the Illinois-EATS program. The food is often distributed ...

CHICAGO — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat and his party’s top leader on the Judiciary Committee, announced Wednesday that he won’t seek a sixth term in 2026.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and accelerating a generational ...

It will be a warm Wednesday that should feel just like early June for central Illinois with highs soaring to around 80 or more on southeast breezes. Temperatures should stay warm through the end ...