2013: “I did not kill Kathleen!” Before being sentenced to 38 years in prison for the murder of his third wife, former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson cried, raged and whispered during a ...

Senators are chugging through an late-night budget “vote-a-rama,” a crucial, if dreaded, step toward President Donald Trump's ...

How Chicago’s Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America,” discusses the history of The Chicago Defender newspaper and the ...

A man in Sangamon County has been formally accused of prolonged abuse that led to the death of his 16-year-old stepson.

Jon Tweedt was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at SIU-C. David Cremer attended a car-o-liner course in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. Jason Obert won first place in the recent Cub ...

On Feb. 20, 1925, 9-year-old Gaspar Marone ran away from home. The Alton Evening Telegraph newspaper announced the next day that “Alton has a new ...

The shuttered Hooters building on Springfield’s east side is poised to have a new owner by the end of the month.

East Alton police investigate the death of Adam M. Moss, found dead in a basement with signs of a recent fire.

Coding quirks and old technology undermine his claim that millions of Americans over 100 are getting checks, experts say.

But what drew me into town was the American Giant Museum and Route 66 Land of Giants Rest Stop…and that coconut pie.

A Tuesday night semi-truck accident resulted in a death in Stearns County. The Minnesota State Patrol received reports of the ...

A 64-year-old driver from Illinois may have had a medical emergency at the time his pickup went off M-52 and struck a utility ...