Plans for a golf course, apples abroad and the near fatal poisoning of an Inland Township family made the news in 1925.

More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators to ...

Nov. 14—A Whiteside County jury has awarded $31.5 million to the widow and two young daughters of a Sterling firefighter killed in the line of duty four years ago. The verdict in favor of Brittney ...

Dolores (Lorry) Kathleen (Nystrom) Petrosky passed away peacefully on October 14, 2025, at the Allure Nursing home in Sterling, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband William (Bill) Petrosky.

To check Illinois road conditions, visit gettingaroundillinois.com. How much snow is expected in Illinois? Light to moderate snow dropped 2 to 4 inches across central and southeast Illinois.

Kit Basom, right, a co-owner of the Craftsbury General Store, chats with a customer at the front counter in Craftsbury on Monday, Nov. 24. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Ned Houston wore many hats ...