Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 9,297 ...

Mary M. Worthington, 96, of Monmouth, formerly Roseville, IL, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at the Richard Owens Hospice Home, Peoria, IL. She was born on August 5, 1928 in Macomb, IL, the ...

On April 14-15, 1912, British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in North Atlantic off Newfoundland almost 3 hours after hitting an iceberg. 1,514 people died The Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 ...

Judith Ann Darrah Hill, 79, of Terre Haute passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. She was born May 24, 1945, in Blandinsville, Illinois to Ambrose Darrah and Fern Wagoner Darrah. Judy loved ...

The abandoned boat, Deep Thought, has had its hard top and cockpit removed. The boat's owners, Richard and Sherry Wells of Mississippi, abandoned it after running out of gas in October. Multiple ...

Regional gas prices declined last week and reached an average of $3.01 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $3.10 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information ...