Posted: Jun 19, 2025 / 08:58 PM CDT Updated: Jun 20, 2025 / 06:58 AM CDT PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A woman and five dogs were rescued from a Peoria house fire Thursday night by firefighters.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. – No injuries were reported after an overnight house fire in Cahokia Heights Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 3:15 a.m. on Mildred Avenue. Flames engulfed m… ...

Installing solar power plants on abandoned coal mines could unlock nearly 300 GW of capacity by 2030, according to a study by Global Energy Monitor that identified 5,820 square kilometres of free land ...

For the second straight day, Illinois U.S. representatives attempted to enter a federally-operated facility, but said they were denied access. Meanwhile, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

NORTH AURORA, ILL. — Colliers has brokered the sale of Park 88 Logistics Center, a two-building industrial development totaling 429,623 square feet in North Aurora.

A stunning fall from grace for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. The man once nicknamed The Velvet Hammer for his soft but driving political style was sentenced Friday to 7 ½ years ...

Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021. He was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. Madigan also chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois from 1998 to 2021.

FILE - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at federal court where he is on trial for charges in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme, Oct. 21, 2024, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — Former House Speaker Michael J. Madigan was sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison in his corruption case, capping a stunning fall for the once powerful politician.

U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) said in a since-deleted post on X that a Sikh chaplain leading a prayer in Congress was "deeply troubling." She initially misidentified the man as Muslim ...