Franklin News

Sunday A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. at the Northern Illinois Veterans Memorial at Franklin Township Park on South Street in Kirkland.

The Ameren Illinois Utilities has sent 1,900 people to Southern Illinois and had restored power to about 33,100 of 68,800 customers Monday night after Friday's devastating storms.

Two men have been arrested in two of the 16 reported car burglaries in the northwest central area of Jacksonville since Thursday, but Jacksonville Police continue to investigate their possible involvement in ...

Every Christmas season, Sandwich students donate in a big way to the Franklin Mall Christmas Project, a sharing effort that's been in operation for more than 50 years.

John Whalen was surprised to learn that a friend's death at age 87 at a Jacksonville nursing home may have been influenced by the staff's failure to follow a doctor's orders to give her regular doses of ...

Jazmyn Childers , 17, laughs with classmate Sherita Mitchell , 15, while both girls make peanut butter cookies Tuesday with group members Breanna Frick, 14, and LaRon Chisolm, 18, during their foods class at ...