In the Nov. 5 election, Democrat Budzinski will face Republican Joshua Loyd of Virden and independent write-in candidate Bradley Horges Jr.
Last Wednesday, the St. Clair County Health Department announced it was investigating an outbreak of shigellosis among customers who had eaten at LongHorn Steakhouse in Fairview Heights.
Illinois surpassed $2 billion in tax revenue last year from all types of gambling, but that comes at the expense of Illinois’ traditional riverboat casinos and the horse racing industry.
The boy was taken to a St. Louis hospital for treatment. Belleville police did not provide an update on the boy's condition.
The 82-year-old is charged in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme that included the state’s largest utility, ComEd.
The 69-year-old man was shot in the 5000 block Schmidt Lane.
Shigella is most often passed via contaminated food or drinks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Â
A tanker truck was carrying caustic anhydrous ammonia when it jack-knifed and hit a utility trailer near Teutopolis, about 110 miles northeast of St. Louis.
The nutria, which has been spotted in the southern tip of the state, is a semi-aquatic rodent that's larger than a muskrat but smaller than a beaver, according to IDNR.
U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski joins growing number of area members of Congress to call for Post Office to rethink rural delivery changes.
An Illinois State Police detective was charged Friday with whipping and strangling two 12-year-old children and hitting an elderly woman in her face.
August C. Archambault, 20, faces charges of home invasion, aggravated robbery and residential burglary.
ST. LOUIS — A Belleville man was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for a 2021 killing in the city's Lewis Place neighborhood.
Budzinski said bill, now headed to Senate, would eliminate complicated legal jargon from federal notices regarding education, health care, other services.
The East St. Louis Historical Society is hoping to save the old Lincoln School — and the town's history — before both are lost to time.
Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
Despite the Supreme Court’s overturning of federal protections in 2022, abortions are now at their highest numbers in a decade.
It's been a year since Illinois became the first state to end cash bail. Here's a look at how things are going.Â
An engineer who designed weapons for a leading gun manufacturer testified Tuesday that AR-style weapons restricted under Illinois law are popular with consumers and are intended for legal purposes.
Election security experts said the breach is unlikely to affect the upcoming election, but could make affected individuals susceptible to identity theft.
Video posted last month — which got more than 40 million views — showed traffic at eastbound I-64 exit at O'Fallon, Illinois, stretching back onto highway.
David F. Hodges, of Cahokia Heights, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Damonta T. Mosley, also of Cahokia Heights.
DeAyre M. Jones also used fake Facebook profiles to harass an Air Force member and other base officials.
Timothy B. Stokes robbed a St. Louis man, then fatally shot him, before killing a woman and shooting at police.
The video shows a line of cars on the Green Mount Road exit ramp so long that it is spilling onto the interstate. More than 40 million have seen it.
A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in his home in East St. Louis Wednesday evening.
The latest restaurant to open in the circa-1857 mansion, August the Mansion features upscale American cuisine.
A jury found 28-year-old Deontae'Tre'Von Overall guilty of one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in a death.
Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists want to help get it on the map.Â
Students at Ritenour High School switched to virtual learning Thursday in response to "reports of online threats overnight."