If Illinois enters a second year without a budget this week, cash will stop flowing to local 911 centers, preventive health screenings and tuition grants...

Gov. Bruce Rauner is pushing a stopgap budget to fund schools, universities and other state services amid an ongoing fight with Democrats who run the...

A Springfield man who was found dead after his car ran off Interstate 55 near Glenarm Sunday died of natural causes, according to the Sangamon County...

CINCINNATI - Kris Bryant became the first major leaguer to hit three homers and two doubles in a game, and Jake Arrieta added a solo shot at the ballpark where he threw a no-hitter in April, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 11-8 victory over the Cincinnati ...

As much as she wanted to remain hopeful, Alison Peddycoart knew from her experience as an intensive care unit nurse that the injuries her 6-year-old daughter sustained often don't have happy endings.Her daughter, Abigail, suffered multiple skull fractures...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Danny Duffy matched a career best with eight sharp innings, the Royals kept swinging hot bats and Kansas City beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 Monday night to open a four-game, two-city series.Kendrys Morales went 4-for-4 and drove in t...

As of Monday, the race for the U.S. House in the 13th Congressional District is a three-way contest.Dr. David Gill, 56, of Bloomington, who ran as a Democrat in 2012 and lost to U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, filed Monday - the deadline day for no...

CHESTER -- The Illinois Department of Corrections owes the city of Chester about $1.2 million for water, sewer and gas services.The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the department, which has nearly 1,000 state jobs at the Menard Correctional Center, ...

Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday said there is general agreement on a stopgap spending bill that will keep essential state services going through the end of the calendar year.However, there is still disagreement on a K-12 education bill, particularly over how muc...

Monday marked the deadline for independent or non-major party candidates to file for election, and several submitted petitions to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.Illinois Libertarians filed more than double the number of signatures required.Kent McMillen, 54,...