Three correctional officers at the Sangamon County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, and no visitors will be allowed at the jail until further notice, officials said Thursday.
A Springfield restaurant is getting blowback after its owner posted a racist rant about George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died May 27 after a police officer kneeled on his neck for over eight minutes.
Changing his earlier position, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin said Thursday that embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan should resign immediately.
WASHINGTON - A deadlocked Senate on Thursday left Washington for the weekend without extending a $600-per-week expanded jobless benefit that has helped keep both families and the economy afloat as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on the country.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and grappling with deepening economic and public health crises, on Thursday floated the startling idea of delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election.
ATLANTA - Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has died of complications from the coronavirus.
When John Lewis is mourned, revered and celebrated at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday, he will return to a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.
ATLANTA - John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.
Pat Phillips is glad but also bemused. The Illinois High School Association unveiled its modified schedule for the upcoming school year Wednesday shortly after Gov.
