Illinois' jobless rate rose from 4.1% in November 2023 to 4.8% in November of this year. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported the jobless rate rose despite generating about 36,000 ...

DIETERICH -- Brownstown/St. Elmo, tied for fifth in the 1A state basketball poll, claimed two victories in opening round play at the Dieterich Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament Thursday. The Bombers ...

Altamont city council members purchased a Dura Patch machine to aid with street maintenance work at this week's meeting. The ...

Prominent Abraham Lincoln scholar, author, and professor Michael Burlingame will be the featured speaker at the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) Birthday Banquet on Saturday, February 15 at the ...

(FROM LEFT: Rhonda Wines, Meghan Rewers, Amber Kidd, Libby Moeller, Kim Jansen, Amanda Raiman of Siemer Milling Company, Rochelle French, Julie Flack, Tammy Meinhart) Southeastern Illinois Community ...

New York at Orlando, 6 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 7 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 8 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 8 ...

Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 7 p.m. Coloardo at Utah, 8:30 p.m. Vegas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

DIETERICH -- Dieterich High School claimed two victories while South Central was a winner in one contest as the Dieterich Holiday Tournament got underway in boys basketball action Thursday. Dieterich ...

Also in double figures for St. Anthony were Brock Fearday with 13 and Miles Waldhoff with 10. B. Fearday had nine rebounds. Teutopolis claimed a 63-32 win over Charleston. The Wooden Shoes ran out to ...

In the boys contest, Clinton downed Neoga, 74-36. Clinton ran off to a 23-12 opening quarter ead and led 38-20 at halftime. Clinton then had a 28-6 third quarter. Neoga was led by Luke Keller with 12 ...

In today's games, New Athens meets Red Bud at 3 p.m., Altamont takes on Goreville at 4, Marissa Coulterville meets Sesser-Valier at 6 and DuQuoin and Waltonville finish out the day at 7:30 p.m.

The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the increase was approved in 2019. Beginning New Year’s Day, Illinois workers making ...