Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Theodore “Ted” D. Berger most recently worked under Cook ...

Nichoson, 25, of Morocco, was arrested by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department for domestic battery with bodily injury to a ...

A dedicated staff member is stepping into a leadership role to further serve the residents and communities of central Illinois ...

NEWTON, Ill. (WTHI) – The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a fatal house fire in Newton.

There is no tourist station at the state line and the small “Welcome to Illinois” sign is easy to miss if one is glancing at their GPS. About the only differences, people just over the border here in ...

A semi-truck hauling thousands of pounds of eggs was fully engulfed in flames Friday night in Mokena, Illinois. Illinois State Police said the fire happened around 8:30 p.m. near La Grange Road.

The Jasper County Commissioners Court met in a Special Session on April 9 and covered the following agenda items: First, the Court heard from Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Larry Pulliam ...

NEWTON, IL. (ECWd): The Jasper County Clerk appears to have violated the Notary Public Act [5 ILCS 312] during the 2015 election cycle. In submitting his petition packet to run for the Jasper County ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Palmetto Plastics Innovations (Palmetto Plastics), a plastic extrusion manufacturer, today announced it is establishing operations in Jasper County. The company’s state-of-the-art ...

The Illinois legislature is considering legislation ... I never thought much about dying until I became public guardian of Cook County. In that role, I began to visit elderly people suffering ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — A quarter-cent Jasper County sales tax that would have funded services to children who need mental and behavioral health treatments failed Tuesday by a margin of 419 votes ...

(Submitted Photo) Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will host the Jasper County Hunger Relief (formerly Jasper County Take Away Hunger) meal packaging event starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 26.