Nearly 30 pharmaceutical companies have allegedly engaged in a systematic scheme to artificially increase drug prices that ultimately foot the bill to consumers, according to a lawsuit filed by 49 states' and U.S. territories' attorneys general.

A recent jump in reported COVID-19 cases in Morgan County has the public health administrator urging people to continue taking precautions against spread of the virus.

A 69-year-old woman died in a house fire in Athens Wednesday morning. The fire was in the 500 block of Coneflower Drive.

A concert by rock group Styx at the University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center July 8 has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on large crowds.

With a ceremony shelved by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov.

Kendra Day of New Berlin said her heart has "a conviction for justice.

Video filmed by a "Live PD" crew of an in-custody death of a black man last year has been destroyed and can no longer be turned over to Austin investigators, representatives of the reality TV show said Tuesday.

For LGBTQ pioneer Karla Jay, 73, who traces her activism to the dust of an uprising at the Stonewall Inn, Pride has always meant "not changing to be accepted." For Chazzie Grosshandler, 14, who eagerly awaited a community embrace at her first-ever march this summer, Pride is a pledge that "you are valid and you are loved." Similar sentiments, decades apart.

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and SIU School of Medicine have established a new Pandemic Health Worker Program to support residents and families who are struggling to maintain their physical and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.