The National Weather Service issued the tornado watch on April 20, for all of southeast Missouri with the exception of Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties, the western portion of southern Illinois and ...

CHESTER, Ill. (WSIL) -- UPDATE: April 23, 4:37 p.m. -- Rufus Monroe is in custody, according to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office. ORIGINAL: April 23, 12:01 p.m. - Authorities are looking for a ...

No county, most of which are located in rural areas of central and southern Illinois, has voted down a secession referendum, with the election results averaging 74% in favor. "Essentially ...

Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, said she was born in Southern Illinois ... in the 33 Illinois counties would cost the state $2 billion. The amended bill was approved in a 7-2 vote.

(WLS) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting the first case of measles in the state in 2025. The patient is an adult in far southern ... cases in Allen County, which is in ...

Illinois State Police ... 10 a.m. Saturday near 500 County Road 1400 North in Trilla, approximately three miles south of Mattoon. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

The Ryder family farm, a 10-acre operation in Pope County that produces chicken ... going to transport other farmers’ food back to Southern Illinois, expanding that rural region’s access ...

That same system lashed surrounding counties, leaving homes shredded ... and into western Kentucky and southern Illinois. Officials warned that "multiple long-track EF3+ tornadoes" were likely ...

The flood watch includes at least 55 counties across southern ... according to an NWS map. However, the lower Ohio River valley, which is comprised of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri ...

CARTERVILLE — With eyes now turned to the 2026 election cycle, a candidate has thrown his hat into the ring for Williamson County Sheriff. Stan Diggs, a retired Lieutenant with the Illinois ...

According to ComEd's outage map, nearly 1,400 people in the Chicago area were without power as of 7:30 a.m. The majority ... Along the Wisconsin-Illinois state line, counties to the north and ...

A Lee Enterprises investigation found most states fail to protect vulnerable women and few law enforcement agencies punish ...