In August 2026, detectives with the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division began investigating a sexual ...

Two people were sentenced to prison in Morgan County court yesterday. 26-year-old Austin Sims of the 300 block of East ...

A technical issue with voting equipment from a Waverly precinct caused a brief delay in final election results being released ...

Despite a massive Democratic wave that swept across the country in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Downstate Illinois voters largely stuck with their Republican incumbents in Congressional races.

Voters in neighboring Sangamon and Pike counties decided several closely watched races Tuesday night, including a contested sheriff’s race, a county board seat tied to the ongoing data center debate, ...

A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a methamphetamine trafficking ...

A former Winchester EMS employee and board member has pleaded guilty to three felony theft charges stemming from an ...

Jacksonville motorists could be driving across the South Main Street Bridge again before Thanksgiving, but city officials say ...

A local man was sentenced to prison on a weapons charge yesterday afternoon. 29-year-old Cameron Shafer of Knollwood Way was ...

The Illinois High School Association has scheduled one of its public meetings on drastic changes to rules, including football ...