This is the second of four installments of Year in Review, a month-by-month recapitulation of last year’s significant local news events. APRIL 2024 Headlines: Trenton will...

Last Wednesday, State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) was officially sworn in as the State Representative for the 109th House District...

As the 104th General Assembly gets underway, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is revealing his priorities for 2025. The governor held a news conference in Springfield Wednesday after...

This is the first of four installments of Year in Review, a month-by-month recapitulation of last year’s significant local news events. JANUARY 2024 Headlines: HSHS St....

Allan Delphi, a LaSalle County farmer and landowner, felt the heat of the sun shining on him when making decisions that would affect him, his children, grandchildren and...

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024...

January 9 (Thursday) will be a national day of observance to honor late President Jimmy Carter. This means that the USPS will suspend regular operations for the day. 

Mark Schilli, age 60, is retiring from law enforcement after serving 40 years as both a local Police Officer (1984-2004) and Federal Investigator...

New Baden village administrator Galen Mahle is going home, specifically closer to home. Mahle, a Centralia native, submitted his letter of resignation to the New Baden...

Trenton’s city council won’t take final action until this month, but council members were in general agreement that this year’s property tax levy will include a modest...

More than 1 million Illinois families will put turkey on the table this Thanksgiving with federal food help. Over 1.99 million Illinoisans, or 1.09 million households,...

The Alliance for Aviation Across America today applauded Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for recognizing November as “Aviation Appreciation Month.” Airports in Illinois...

Congress recently made a number of changes to Medicare’s “Part D” prescription drug benefit. The changes were part of President Biden’s signature legislation, the Inflation...

U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) praised Senate passage this week of a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility bill that provides more than $135 million for...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting a career fair Nov. 13 in Collinsville. The fair will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Gateway...