Charlie Schlenker

The mayor of Lincoln said Thursday the loss of Lincoln College is a "devastating blow" to the Logan County community. After 157 years, the college will close in May at the end of the school, while Lincoln Christian University is reducing its footprint by going mostly virtual, said Mayor Tracy Welch.

State lawmakers are going public with concerns about the future of the prison in Pontiac and another in Vandalia in southern Illinois.

Exelon has completed the spin off of its nuclear power plant division into a separate company. Constellation is publicly traded on the NASDAQ, and Exelon owners received one share of Constellation stock for every three shares of Exelon they have.

The State of Illinois closed the year with about 333,000 people out of work and looking for a job. The state Department of Employment Security said Friday that's down by nearly a third from December 2020.

Authorities said Thursday that the body found three weeks ago near Peru, Ill., was missing Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day of Bloomington.

Rivian has begun commercial production of its R1T electric pickup trucks at its production plant in Normal.

Central Illinois Republican congressmen on Wednesday tried to shift the focus back to policy issues, after a voice vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney as conference chair shielded them from taking a recorded roll call vote.

A noted and sometimes controversial jurist from central Illinois has died.

If you were surprised by size of U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis’ margin of victory over his two-time Democratic challenger, you aren’t alone. So was Davis.

Gov. JB Pritzker has created new enforcement rules for mask wearing. Pritzker said the statewide emergency order allows warnings and then fines of up to...