Bushnell plant closing as Kitchen Cooked merges with Utz

BUSHNELL - Kitchen Cooked Chips is planning to close its Bushnell facility after more than 40 years in the city.

MORTON - The village's newest restaurant melds historic preservation with cutting-edge technology.

When the Illinois House followed the Senate and approved a bill that would legalize the possession and sale of recreational cannabis, Gov.

SPRINGFIELD - A tumultuous year in Illinois politics draws to its close as the historic legislative accomplishments of May and June give way to a flurry of ongoing federal investigative activity, resignations and indictments.

GALESBURG - Starting Jan. 1, state minimum wage is going from $8.25 to $9.25 an hour, a trend that will continue in July, when it will rise to $10.