House Bill 1008 from Republican House Speaker Todd Huston would create a commission to study how 33 Illinois counties could ...

G.H. Merritt explains that under the U.S. Constitution, you need approval from both the state legislature and Congress for ...

Southern Illinois was hit with another major snow event from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning, bringing several ...

The bill’s author, Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, said the fact that 33 rural counties in southern Illinois have voted in non-binding ballot measures to secede from their state led him to write ...

Cannabis tax revenue has become a steady funding source for counties across Southern Illinois. Williamson and Jackson County officials explain how these funds are collected and allocated.

Huston sidestepped a lot of questions about the practicalities of Indiana potentially taking in a batch of mostly rural counties located in central and southern Illinois by emphasizing his ...

Would it be good for the remaining 69 Illinois counties? The "secessionist" counties in Illinois are in the southern part of the state, with many bordering Indiana. This one-third of counties comprise ...

A winter storm is projected to hit western Kentucky, northwestern Tennessee and southern Illinois Tuesday afternoon. The ...

While Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum will increase the ...

(WDRB) -- Police arrested a Chicago man after a chase through three southern Indiana counties. In a release ... Champion was wanted on a warrant out of Illinois. He is charged in Indiana with ...