The Illinois Department for Transportation announced that Illinois Route 111 — between New Poag Road, East Hawthorne Street and Madison Avenue — in the South Roxana area will be closed for repairs beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, July 8. The announcement said the repairs are for a flood wall and bridge along the route. […]
This article was originally published in Capitol News Illinois. SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday creating a new cabinet-level state agency dedicated to early childhood education and development. The new Department of Early Childhood, which will become operational in July 2026, will take over programs currently housed across three state agencies, including funding […]
PONTOON BEACH, Mo. – A police chase beginning in Missouri crosses into Illinois before ending in a serious crash. County police say that the incident all began a little after midnight in the Jennings area of north St. Louis County. The incident started when an officer from the City of Jennings Precinct attempted to stop […]
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Illinois’ gas tax will hit 47 cents per gallon. It will be the second-highest in the nation. Only California charges drivers more, at 60 cents per gallon. But in Illinois, the tax just went from 45 cents per gallon to 47. This means the average driver in Illinois will now pay 184 […]
GRANITE CITY, Ill. – Army veteran Joshua Valezquez recently suffered a great deal due to a sewage backup in the basement of his of Granite City home; a backup that was not his fault. Velazquez turned to the You Paid For It team after feeling stonewalled by Illinois American Water and city officials. His military […]
Illinois’s governor JB Pritzker wrapped up June by signing two bills that affirm the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Illinois. One of the new laws, HB5507, removes barriers to changing legal gender on birth certificates for Illinois residents born in other states. The other, SB2930, requires nonprofits publicly report demographic data about their boards of […]
A new study from news outlet WBEZ has concluded that students are not benefiting from Illinois for-profit colleges. The research, which analyzed federal data in addition to surveying more than 250 current and former students, determined that students finds themselves in a worse situation after attending for-profit colleges in Illinois. The students, according to the […]
Looking to get away from the bustle of the city? Suburbia just not for you? An off-grid lifestyle might appeal to you. According to a recent poll, three Illinois counties are among the best for off-the-grid living, including one in the top 10: Top Illinois counties for off-grid living In its poll of 3,000 people […]
Instead of listening to cicada mating calls throughout the day, many Illinois residents have begun sweeping dead cicadas from their doorsteps, porches and decks. The noisy periodical cicadas that emerged from underground last month have come to the end of their life cycles just about everywhere in Illinois. Are the cicadas in Illinois gone yet? […]
FILE – Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington. Durbin underwent hip replacement surgery Thursday and will remain in his home state of Illinois under he’s cleared for travel to Washington by his doctor, according to Durbin’s office. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) CHICAGO (AP) […]
A massive sink hole stretching 100 feet opened up in an Illinois park on Wednesday, swallowing a light pole in the middle of recreational fields and leaving a gaping, deep hole in its wake. The terrifying moment was caught on a nearby surveillance camera Wednesday morning, showing an area between two soccer and football fields […]
The man accused of killing seven people at a 2022 Independence Day parade in Chicago has rejected a deal requiring him to plead guilty to seven charges of murder in a stunning courtroom scene just days before the second anniversary of the attack. Appearing in a Lake County courtroom, Robert E Crimo III, 23, refused […]