“This is what decentralized, collective leadership looks like,” declared House Speaker Chris Welch’s spokesperson Jaclyn Driscoll not long after the chamber approved the...

The Illinois Supreme Court and the Civic Federation today announced the results of a report on the elimination of cash bail and the effect it will have on counties...

The Illinois Supreme Court announced today the impending launch of a Court-Based Rental Assistance Program (CBRAP) available to tenants and landlords across the state...

Trenton resident and former swimming pool manager Norm Wiggins addressed Trenton’s city council Monday night, seeking answers to the summer-long cliffhanger relative to the...

Trenton’s city council on Monday rejected, in a split vote, a second year of a contract designed to attract national franchises to the community through a combination of...

WESCLIN FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON FRIDAY CARRIED 13 United States flags onto the field with them prior to the Warriors’ matchup with the visiting...

Mayor Weh and city administrator John Marquart popped into The Sun office Tuesday morning with a report on the city pool. There have been more leaks found and at this point...

EACH SEPTEMBER 11, COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES commemorate the lives lost during the 2001 terrorist attacks that took place on American...

While a huge cloud of coal ash exploded around Springfield’s coal-fired electric power plant late in the afternoon, the state’s top three Democrats were huddled in a...

Closure of municipal coal plants remains sticking point The Illinois Senate approved an energy bill in the early hours of Wednesday morning, but it’s likely to change as...

Illinois pork producers who sell meat to California are frustrated and confused by Proposition 12, a California ballot measure that will affect the way they raise their...

Trenton The Illinois Department of Transportation (!DOT) announced that it has begun construction of a research & certification track along US 50 near Trenton. The...

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Legislation sponsored by State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) to combat the ongoing opioid crisis was signed into law. The new law will provide patients with...

You can get a sense of the sweep of American politics and history by identifying a few of the indispensable men in our country’s history. There are many, of course, and my...