Increased costs – from higher Medicaid, K-12 education and pension costs – could negate potential positives from adding ...

Three people were taken into custody in connection to a high speed pursuit through three southern Illinois counties on ...

A civil liberties group is concerned that state Sen. Terri Bryant is encouraging prison workers to circumvent the state’s ...

Republicans in the Indiana statehouse have proposed legislation that would redraw the state border with Illinois and annex ...

A bill filed by Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston would create a commission to "embrace neighboring counties that want to ...

They were very embarrassed. They had a great deal of remorse and shame,” said the attorney for a Glen Carbon man who traveled ...

Food pantries in five Southern Illinois counties will be able to receive part of a mass food distribution event ...

The jury trial for an accused serial killer accused of slaying an Indy woman 17 years ago has ended in a verdict.

Legislation is being considered by state lawmakers that would redraw the state boundaries of Indiana to include a handful of ...

The Southern Illinois region finally saw relatively warm temperatures to melt off some of the lingering ice and snow, but ...

An Illinois state legislator is relieved a recent federal spending bill included taxpayer funds for St. Clair and Washington counties.

Overall, the counties that have voted to secede from Illinois are rural counties cloistered in the Southern and Central areas of Illinois. Many sit along the Indiana border or close to it ...