Light up your creativity by designing and creating a custom glass lamp. Learn the fundamentals of kiln forming as you cut and arrange colorful glass pieces into a stunning design. […]
The White House will partially fund SNAP after court rulings required it to keep the food aid program. But it's unclear when payments will be made or for how much.
Soldiers Memorial’s newest exhibit, Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon, explores the height of the Cold War. Photographers Adam Reynolds and Jeanine Michna-Bales capture the uncertainty of the nuclear age, how it transformed American life, and the chilling relevance it has today. Photographic Messages Michna-Bales and Reynolds use two photographic essays to …
ALTON – Alton Police have charged the driver of a tractor-trailer from Belleville with leaving the scene of a crash involving injury and more. Deandre C. Willis, 37, of Belleville, was charged on Oct. 28, 2025 with one count each of leaving the scene of a crash involving injury or death (a Class 4 felony), and disregarding a traffic control device (a petty offense). Willis allegedly drove a 2020 Mack Anthem tractor-trailer on June 27, 2025, which was involved in a motor vehicle crash
A Peoria woman was charged with aggravated arson after allegedly setting her apartment on fire due to her frustration with the government shutdown, causing over $100,000 in damage.
Rock 'n' roll founding father Chubby Checker is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night in LA, but he has said he won't be attending…
CARBONDALE — Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joined local officials, transportation stakeholders, and labor leaders today to celebrate another historic round of investments in Southern Illinois infrastructure. As part of $400 million specifically identified to support 223 local projects, Governor Pritzker announced a $2 million investment in Carbondale to reconstruct and modernize Poplar, West Cherry, and West College streets, as well as advance
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) were joined by local officials and community members to celebrate the grand opening of the Community of Sunnybrook.
CHICAGO – Get Covered Illinois kicked off 2026 open enrollment and launched its “Here to Help” campaign across the state. Open enrollment, which began on November 1 and runs through January 15, is the annual opportunity for Illinoisans to enroll in, renew, or change their health insurance plans. Nearly 466,000 Illinoisans purchased health coverage through Get Covered Illinois during open enrollment last year, a 17% increase from the previous year. This year, Illinoisans
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias led a legislative effort to change the library Equalization Aid Grant formula, increasing the eligibility from 17 serving 77,000 residents to 108 public libraries serving more than 700,000 residents across the state while freeing up additional funds. “While the federal government seeks to scrap programs and slash critical funding for libraries nationwide, Illinois is investing in our residents and communities,” Giannoulias
SPRINGFIELD – In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of legendary Route 66 in 2026, the Illinois State Museum (ISM) has launched an online database of 100 oral histories about the Mother Road. ISM’s Route 66 Oral History Project database includes video-recorded interviews, as well as world-searchable written transcriptions. Contributors include people who lived, worked and traveled along Route 66 during its pre-interstate heyday, as well as people who currently promote, preserve
MADISON – The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced lane closures on eastbound Interstate 55/70 between Illinois 203 and Exchange Avenue in St. Clair County. Beginning, weather permitting, at 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, eastbound I-55/70 will be reduced to one lane and reopen to two lanes at 3 p.m. Friday. Lane restrictions will resume at 5 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, and are scheduled to return to two lanes at 3 p.m. Saturday. The westbound I-64 ramp to eastbound I-55/70 will clos
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