(The Center Square) – Jury deliberations are approaching the one-week mark at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain. The jury got the ...

Illinois has received about 50,000 non-citizen migrants since August 2022, with taxpayers picking up the tab for food, shelter, health care, education and legal services. During a news conference ...

Madigan, D-Chicago, served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.

SPRINGFIELD (WAND News) - Illinois House Republicans want to cut migrant services as a way to handle the budget deficit facing Illinois. The state is looking at a $3.2 billion budget deficit where Gov ...

During the month of February, the Watseka Public Library is holding the "For the Love of Reading" Challenge! Show us how much you love reading by logging your minutes and earning badges. Each badge ...

Watseka firefighters gathered at the Watseka Elks Lodge Feb. 1 for the annual banquet. It was a night of fellowship and honors as the firefighters and their families and guests heard about the many ...

The leader of the Indiana House wants to negotiate with Illinois over the possibility of Indiana absorbing the 33 Illinois counties that have voted in the past five years to separate from Chicago ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid (D-Berwyn) said President Donald Trump is enacting an ethnic cleansing after Trump called all Palestinians to leave Gaza. "Let's call ...

WATSEKA — The Hoopeston Area girls basketball team knew the assignment would be tough with a road game against Watseka. The Cornjerkers were able to get a 14-10 lead in the first quarter, but the ...

(AP) — IF Bancorp Inc. (IROQ) on Thursday reported net income of $1.2 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Watseka, Illinois-based bank said it had earnings of 38 cents per share.

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Ever wondered what it's like inside the homes of the A-list? From the their bedroom to their bathrooms, get a closer look inside the homes of the rich and famous - prepare to get serious interiors ...