A man from Mechanicsburg, a village in Sangamon County, was sentenced Wednesday to 120 months in prison on four counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of bank robbery and one count of armed bank robbery, all to run concurrently.
Tazewell county Board Member Dr. Bill Hauter bests Tazewell County Treasurer Mary Burress to win in the GOP race for the 87th District House of Representatives seat.
The bill expands and clarifies the definition of race to include traits commonly associated with a race, including by not limited to these hairstyles and textures.
The State of Illinois announced on Tuesday that a $194,762,750 a grant from the Unites State Department of Veterans Affairs will be used for upgrades at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy.
Headed by the Peoria Democratic Socialist protestors said, while Illinois was not a state that threatened to lose abortion rights, they still stood behind those who would.
On June 25th, 2019, Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy Troy Chisum was killed in the line of duty. Saturday, the community came together to prove his memory remains alive.
The legality of abortion in Illinois remains despite the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but several state officials are saying that hangs in the balance depending on how the election falls in November.