(Springfield–jc)  – The Illinois State Board of Elections says today is the final day for candidates to file new party and independent nomination papers. The board says all petitio...

(Undated–jc)  It’s Memorial Day, and an almost perfect weather day is in store for the many Memorial Day services throughout the area. Memorial Day is the day to remember the ultimate...

(Springfield-jm) – The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that payrolls are up and the unemployment rate in April remained unchanged from March. In a press release Thursday, th...