Taylorville News

At the corner of Poplar and Jefferson streets in West Frankfort there is a street sign, like every other corner in town, except this sign is really big.

At the corner of Poplar and Jefferson streets in West Frankfort there is a street sign, like every other corner in town, except this sign is really big.

Thumbs down ? to the never-ending price hike for a gallon of gas. Just the sight of a gasoline price sign at the service station is enough to cause heart palpitations; who wants to pay more than four bucks for ...

Scott Allen Bishop, 39, died suddenly at 4:29 p.m. Monday, July 14, 2008, at his residence.

Robert O'Brien of Rochester, Philip Sinn of Marissa, Taylor Link of of Taylorville and Seth Nelso... Photo 1 of 82 Philip Sinn of Marissa tees off on No.

You've seen them in Peoria, and in Charleston - ' perhaps even in Vandalia, Taylorville or New Salem State Park, north of Springfield.

A Green Party congressional candidate from downstate Illinois died over the weekend.

Dave Nance held up the butterfly net with a broad smile on his face. Inside was a zebra swallowtail - a delicate, ghostly-pale butterfly not usually seen around Anderson Prairie Park in Pana, where Nance staffs ...

A skydiver reportedly making his first jump was killed Friday near Taylorville Municipal Airport.

For an astounding expose this week, the Chicago Tribune dared to send reporters into unfamiliar, mysterious territory: Downstate Illinois.

Launching the third week of their tour of Illinois prisons, Republican state Sens.

The sign on the door of the American Tap warns patrons not to smoke. But sitting at the bar, customers merrily puff away, sharing cigarettes with the bartender and the owner while openly defying and mocking the ...

The Lincoln Land Community College Board of Trustees advanced its proposed $33.8 million construction program Wednesday by designating four projects as top priorities and hiring a financial adviser and bond ...

A huge, new Archer Daniels Midland Co. grain storage facility near Taylorville, Ill., is a drop in the bucket but marks a trend, industry observers said.

Archer Daniels Midland has remodeled and reopened a grain elevator in central Illinois that has the capacity to hold up to 5 million bushels.

Tinnie Randall of Springfield found herself in an ironic situation Monday. A public service administrator with the Illinois Department of Human Services, Randall joined the American Federation of State, County ...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich visited flood-stricken areas of western Illinois last week to survey damage and offer assistance to the areas and reassurance to the people living there.

Three active ISBA members will receive Board of Governors Awards on Friday, June 27, during the 132nd Annual Meeting in St.

School's out, and officials say it's prime time for sex offenders to strike. "Summertime, these individuals hang around where young people gather.

The electric car in Ted Marrinan's garage gets the equivalent of about 400 mpg. That's about the distance between Rockford and Carbondale.