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Payless ShoeSource is planning to close 13 stores in Illinois after filing for bankruptcy. Locations include stores in Waukegan, Moline, Sterling, Danville, Forsyth and Rockford. The discount shoe ret...

Decatur Police arrested a 30-year-old man for arson after he set a car on fire at the Circle K gas station on South Baltimore Avenue. The man was found next to the burning vehicle armed with a basebal...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are a step closer to approving a 15-dollar-an-hour minimum wage in the state. A House panel yesterday approved a plan to hike base pay in the state to 15-dollar...

(Springfield, IL) -- More than a dozen Illinois schools are suing the state, they say to force Illinois lawmakers to pay what they've promised. The lawsuit, filed yesterday, by 17 downstate school dis...

>>Akron Names Groce Head Hoops Coach   (Akron, OH) -- Former Illinois men's basketball coach John Groce is returning to the Mid-American Conference. Groce has been named the new head coach ...

Representatives from several foreign countries including Ecuador, Bulgaria, Spain, Pakistan, Korea, and Italy, will meet with Decatur City Officials tomorrow. They'll learn about Decatur's economy and...

(Chicago, IL) -- Tavern owners are suing the state of Illinois over what their lawyer calls a state "mandated shakedown." The lawsuit, filed yesterday, says Illinois' law that gives the state 50-perce...

(Taylorville, IL) -- The Taylorville School District will be receiving a boost in revenue. Local voters approved a property tax increase yesterday to support city schools. The district was facing cuts...

Julie Moore Wolfe won re-election last night in the Decatur Mayoral race garnering 53.4% of the vote over John Phillips, who finished with 46.6% of the vote with more than 11,000 votes coming in for t...

>>Cardinals Clipped By Cubs   (St. Louis, MO) -- The Cardinals managed just four hits in a 2-1 loss to the Cubs at Busch Stadium. Jake Arrieta allowed just an unearned run in six innings to...