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

More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tighter regulation ...

LaWanda Jean Jackson, 77, a former resident of Rosiclare, passed away at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, at her residence at Autumn Ridge Supportive Living in Vienna. Jean, as she was known to family ...