A woman doing landscaping on her suburban Chicago property unearthed the bones of a man who died 800 to 1,000 years ago. Reports say that the woman was digging in Antioch Township near Fox Lake […]

The death of an inmate following an “altercation with correctional staff” at Western Illinois Correctional Center in May has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report provided to The Associated Press under a […]

One of southern Illinois’ earliest and best-known radio and TV star has died. Reports say that Erv Coppi died this week at 92. Longtime friend Joey Helleny says everyone in southern Illinois knew Coppi from the […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A 41-year-old East Peoria man with his own cable hunting show has been indicted on felony charges that he killed one more deer than a permit allowed him to kill and […]

URBANA, Ill. (AP) – Eavesdropping charges have been filed against a central Illinois schools administrator who allegedly planned to secretly record a closed session of the school board.