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Documents show state's disaster request met FEMA's threshold

By Ben Szalinski
Oct 17, 2026 1:27 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker’s presidential disaster request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency met the agency’s dollar threshold for assistance. FEMA denied Illinois’ request for public and individual assistance after severe storms and flooding in August. Though the state met the threshold as a whole, some counties did not.
Illinois state fairs attracted more than 1M visitors for second year in a row

By Maggie Dougherty
Oct 06, 2026 1:18 pm - More than 1 million fairgoers visited Illinois’ state fairs in Springfield and Du Quoin for the second year in a row, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office announced Tuesday. The fairs broke new attendance records, including a new single-day high for attendance at the Springfield fair, fueled by sold-out concerts.
Dennis Hastert, disgraced Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

By Rick Pearson, Christy Gutowski and Jason Meisner
Oct 05, 2026 7:52 am - Dennis Hastert, the nation’s longest-serving Republican House speaker, who helped turn much of President George W. Bush’s agenda into law before his own political legacy was forever fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes when he was a wrestling coach, died over the weekend, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
For scuba diving enthusiasts, Mermet Springs is ‘the best place in the Midwest’

By Peyton Cook
Sep 07, 2026 1:59 pm - Thirty years ago, an Illinois Secretary of State Police DiveTeam investigator set out to turn an abandoned rock quarry into a first-class dive destination. Today, it draws hundreds to southern Illinois each year to explore what’s submerged in its crystal-clear waters.
Illinois Capitol renovations ‘a few months behind,’ but set to wrap up this winter

By Brenden Moore
Sep 07, 2026 8:11 am - Nearly five years after construction crews started moving dirt on the $350 million renovation of the Illinois State Capitol's north wing, there are finally glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel.
State audit finds child protection agency made progress, but was still noncompliant with 2020 law

By BETH HUNDSDORFER
Sep 05, 2026 10:25 am - An audit found several documentation lapses by the Department of Children and Family Services, including failures to provide evidence of routine healthcare for children in state custody. DCFS was still not in compliance with a 2020 law named for 2-year-old Ta’Naja Barnes, who died of neglect after agency returned her to her mother.
Judge orders federal logging project halted in Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest

By Hannah Meisel
Sep 02, 2026 2:29 pm - A federal judge this week ordered the U.S. Forest Service to suspend a commercial logging project in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, finding the 2024 approval of the project under President Joe Biden violated the Endangered Species Act.
A 104-year-old farmer’s $183,000 tractor sale tests a farm recovery

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Aug 31, 2026 2:07 pm - America’s aging farmers have been holding on to machinery for longer than usual as low crop prices and rising costs squeezed their finances.
No Democratic National Convention repeat for Chicago in 2028

By Dan Petrella and Jake Sheridan
Aug 20, 2026 1:19 pm - The Democratic National Convention will not return to Chicago in 2028, dashing hopes for the first United Center repeat since the Michael Jordan-era Bulls and delivering an election-year loss to Gov. JB Pritzker.
College cyclist from the north suburbs, teammate killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crash

Aug 20, 2026 7:07 am - HAMPTON, Tenn. — Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern T...

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