Voters can cast ballots in Edwardsville, Alton, Granite City, Bethalto, Collinsville, Godfrey, Highland, Madison, and Troy ...

After more than an hour of heated discussions from among board members, the Winnebago County Board voted 12-9 in favor of this proposal Thursday night.

Numerous bills have been introduced in the Illinois legislature that would dissolve townships with varying populations, including 50,000, 5,000 and 500 people.

The News-Democrat has contacted candidates in township races in the April 1 election and asked them to complete a detailed ...

A Lake County jury deliberated for less than two hours on Wednesday before finding a Gary man guilty of fatally shooting a woman while her children were in the next room.

This lawsuit involved a survival and wrongful death action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) in Illinois. Plaintiff, Annette Sanders, represented the estate of her late husband ...

After Gary Police Sgt. Silas Simpson saw Ieisha Jefferson’s body two days after Christmas 2022, he tried to talk to her five young children, aged 6 to 1, to figure out what happened.

The 5-year-old child told police "Sam killed Ieisha" and she saw him with a black gun. She said "Sam" was her father and ...

Human trafficking, Iowa's high cancer rate and a pay raise for Iowa's legislators were among numerous topics addressed ...

A firearms store linked to gun crimes in Chicago and that the Brady Campaign included on its list of ‘Bad Apple’ retailers ...

A homicide investigation is underway after a 23-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were killed Sunday in Markham, Illinois State Police said.

To download a vote-by-mail application, visit rockislandcountyil.gov/273/Vote-by-Mail. Voters can also pick up the ...