Equity, pre-approval, contingencies, appraisal. These are terms associated with buying real estate, but even seasoned home buyers may not fully...

Discover Downstate Illinois generated $71.8 million in local tax revenue and 1.14 billion in visitor spending Discover Downstate Illinois announced today the area...

Health care industry argues it is exempt from biometric privacy liability In Springfield on Thursday, the medical industry went to court. The Illinois Supreme Court...

Trenton’s city council on Monday rewound a couple of actions originally initiated under a prior regime, by correcting an ineligible payment from the restricted Motor Fuel...

BCMW Head Start/Early Head Start is a comprehensive early education program for eligible families with children ages birth to 5 years old, including pregnant mothers. They...

Ruth Virginia Schmitt, nee Winkler, age 93, of St. Louis, MO, and formerly of Springfield and Trenton, IL, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023...

Donna M. Hitpas, nee Fiedler, age 73, of New Baden, passed away suddenly Sunday, September 24, 2023 at Washington County Hospital in Nashville, IL....

Donald L. Maue, 83 of Breese, died September 22, 2023, at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese. He was born March 19, 1940, in Breese, son of Joseph G. and Sophia Maue. He...

When an athlete is competing at a school for only two years, they simply might be a version of the proverbial shooting star. But, that does not...

McKendree University once more ranks in the top tier of regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023- 24 “Best Colleges” edition, released on Sept. 18,...

NEW BADEN ELEMENTARY IS EXCITED to show off their new shiny book vending machine. Which will be a part of an incentive program for students to win...

The 2023 Post 778 Legion baseball awards program was held last Sunday at Hank’s Bowl Courtyard. The awards were given to the Junior and Senior...

When an athlete is competing at a school for only two years, they simply might be a version of the proverbial shooting star. But, that does not...

Competing in his final Cahokia Conference-Illinois Division Conference Outing, Wesclin senior Luke Tasker simply shined. It might have helped he...