With the holiday shopping season well underway, shoppers and small business owners in Chillicothe have been noticing that business seems to be growing in this small river town. “It’s…
STATE Effort to raise smoking age to 21 fails Teenagers can continue to buy cigarettes and tobacco products in Illinois, if they are at least 18 years old. Efforts to raise the age…
DEC. 6 Library Open House Thur. 6-7:30 p.m. Chillicothe Library, 430 N. Bradley Free Enjoy new winter stories, an ornament workshop, and special music by the IVC Madrigals and the Mountain…
PEORIA Sears hopes to keep local store open as it seeks buyer Sears Holdings has identified a Sears store in Peoria as one of 11 in Illinois it seeks to keep open as it seeks a new…
STATE Pritzker will not take governor’s salary What’s $177,412 to a billionaire? Not much. Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire, has announced he will not take a salary when…
St. Edward’s Catholic School principal Mike Domico worked for 20 years as an emergency medical technican but never imagined he would one day be the one needing CPR “I…
Strolling a forest path lit with hundreds of luminaries while singing Christmas carols and sipping wassail is a surefire way to get in the Christmas spirit That experience is open to…
NOV. 29-DEC. 2 Community Festival of Nativities Thur. 5-9 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. noon-9 p.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 3700 W. Reservoir…
Randall Road detour in effect ...Motorists traversing Randall Road through the Miller Road intersection in Carpentersville have ...
Bloomington man killed in truck ...A Bloomington man died from injuries sustained Wednesday morning when his truck ...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica wall ...“The Wall That Heals,” a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans ...
Two more candidates announce for ...The Republican primary field for the Illinois 11th Congressional District has doubled ...
