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Pinckneyville Correctional Center is pictured in southern Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Crime
20 hours ago
Under emergency rule, Illinois prisons begin withholding physical mail

Illinois Department of Corrections to scan mail to combat contraband exposure.

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese walks to the bench during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Phoenix Mercury Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Sports
21 hours ago
Chicago Sky GM insists star Angel Reese will be on the roster ‘until I hear differently’

The Sky suspended Reese for the first half of a game last week for comments deemed “detrimental to the team.”

Powerball
IL State News
2 days ago
Two Powerball tickets sold in Illinois win $1 million each in $1.787 billion jackpot drawing

Other Illinoisans also won money during the drawing.

Ted Dabrowski, candidate for Illinois Governor
IL State News
2 days ago
GOP ’26: Ted’s in the race

Dabrowski says Illinoisans have “Pritzker fatigue” and should turn to “a Polish guy who speaks pretty good Spanish.”

A spotted lanternfly flies past President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., to travel to New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IL State News
2 days ago
Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

Trump said he “would have preferred going to Chicago,” where local politicians have fiercely resisted his plans, but he suggested it was a “hostile” place with “professional agitators.”

IL State News
2 days ago
Bears, hemp on JB’s mind

“It is a shame on legislators and on this state that we are not already doing something about” regulating intoxicating hemp, Pritzker said.

This photo released by the Utah Governor's Office on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 shows Tyler Robinson. (Utah Governor's Office via AP) Screenshot
Crime
2 days ago
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing had become ‘more political’ and likely acted alone, authorities say

Charlie Kirk is a native of Illinois.

Enrollment at local colleges and universities is increasing.
Education
3 days ago
More local colleges report record enrollments

Illinois College and Millikin University join the list of schools throughout Central Illinois seeing record-topping enrollment after the 10th day of classes.

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