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The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has announced that more than $275 million in close to 9,000 emergency assistance grants have been made to small businesses across the

109th District Republican State Representative Darren Bailey is in the hospital. He collapsed Sunday during the Illinois House session on the floor of the Bank of Springfield Center. reports say he

New 15th District Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller has issued a statement on her remarks made last week at the Moms for America event in Washington D.C. She apologized for making the remark

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that there were 20,705 new cases of coronavirus across the state this past weekend Friday through Sunday with 302 additional deaths. Those totals

The Lawrence County Sheriffs Department Sunday arrested 38 year old Bradley Heath of Lawrenceville on charges of Domestic Battery and Aggravated Domestic Battery. No other arrest details were given

The Knox County Indiana Health Department announced this week they are creating a vaccination clinic for the public. The clinic is scheduled to open Monday January 11th at the Community Methodist

A grim date Thursday in Illinois. The State Department of Public Health reported 8,757 new and probable cases of coronavirus and 177 more deaths from the disease. With those new numbers, the state

Reports out of neighboring Richland County indicate that the scheduled court hearings for three people charged in the Kyle Johnson murder case have been delayed.  Rick Meador of Olney was to have

Bad ecomonic news for the region. Family Video stores will be closing all locations across the country including in Illinois and Indiana. According to parent company Highland Ventures LTD, all

Illinois Governor J.B Pritzger announced the next step in the COVID-19 vaccination process Wednesday in Springfield. The state is currently in Phase 1-A of distribution with frontline health care