A Decatur man’s anger over his dog defecating on his apartment floor netted him six years in prison for both killing the dog and for having a gun that police said he wasn’t allowed to have. Court ...

Editor’s note: The headline and summary for this story have been corrected to note that the Department of Corrections enacted an emergency rule allowing it to withhold mail, but had not begun doing so ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Two men were arrested for several alleged weapons charges after a traffic stop on Saturday. Officers with the Peoria Police department were conducting a traffic stop at 1:05 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a Charleston native who served two terms as the state's chief executive and a decade as secretary of state, died on Sunday. He was 79. Edgar's death, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE — It was a rocky start, but Purdue football responded. After allowing consecutive 75-yard touchdown drives to start the game, the Boilermakers hunkered down, beating FCS No. 15 Southern ...

Illinois farmer Tom Ritter was more than a farmer. At 73 years old, he was a man who still lived to serve. “Dad was someone who just absolutely loved agriculture,” says Cory Ritter. “I like to tell ...

North Newton at Faith Christian, 6:30 p.m. Bishop Noll at Whiting, 7 p.m. Chesterton at Michigan City, 7 p.m. EC Central at Calumet, 7 p.m. Hanover Central at Highland, 7 p.m. Merrillville at Crown ...

It's the final weekend of the 2025 MLB regular season and the Major League Baseball playoff picture is almost complete. Nine teams have secured their spots in the postseason, as the Red Sox clinched a ...

We're close to the final weekend of regular-season baseball. Before diving deep into a breakdown of the playoff picture, and what's at stake, here's a glance at what happened Thursday: Mariners: Won ...