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Illinois Firearm Deer Season Opens Nov. 16-18 SPRINGFIELD, IL - Deer hunters are reminded to focus on safety as the 2018 Illinois Firearm Deer Season opens this week. The seven-day firearm season begi...

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1135 AM CST Tue Nov 13 2018 ILZ056-057-061>063-066>068-071>073-141745- Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-Edgar-Effingham-Jaspe...

Lake Land College is offering two-day Introduction to concealed carry classes at Accuracy Firearms in Effingham, January 5th and 6th, and February 2nd and 3rd. Both course sections will meet from 8 a....

(Undated) -- Comic book legend Stan Lee is dead. The co-creator of heroes like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men was rushed to the hospital from his Hollywood Hills home this morning and T...

Southern Illinois University: New Chancellor Should Be Hired By 2020 (Carbondale, IL) -- Leaders at Southern Illinois University hope to have a new chancellor in place by 2020. The university's new pr...

Governor Rauner To Speak To Veterans Today (Chicago, IL) -- Add Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner to the list of Veterans Day speakers. The governor is due to give a speech to veterans in Chicago at abou...

Two People Of Interest Identified In Central Illinois Candy Case (Sherman, IL) -- Police in one Springfield-area community say they're looking at two people of interest in a case of a metal object fou...

Some Lawmakers Think New Governor Means Legal Marijuana (Springfield, IL) -- Some Illinois lawmakers think the state is a big step closer to legal marijuana after last week's election. State Rep. Kell...

Hundreds Still Missing In Fires (Undated) -- The search for the missing continues as wildfires continue to wreak havoc in California this morning. Several of the nearly 230 missing are in Butte County...

Navy Jet Crashes In Philippine Sea (Okinawa) -- Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after their fighter jet crashed today in the Philippine Sea near Okinawa. The F/A-18 Hornet experienced mechanical probl...