Taylorville News

Budget deadline passes without new budget The deadline has passed, and lawmakers left the Capitol Tuesday still without balancing the state's budget.

A 17-year-old boy has died after an apparent drowning in a central Illinois lake.

Former Shelby County State's Attorney and present Christian County State's Attorney Tom Finks has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Circuit Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit, to succeed retiring Judge John P. Coady of Taylorville.

Bud Light and WTAX want to give you the Ultimate All-Star Giveaway that includes the trip of a lifetime to the MLB All-Star Game, Home Run Derby and more in St.

Bud Light and WTAX want to give you the Ultimate All-Star Giveaway that includes the trip of a lifetime to the MLB All-Star Game, Home Run Derby and more in St.

A small town elementary school in Christian County closed its doors after more than 50 years.

Lincoln Chrysler Dodge Jeep general manager and co-owner Scott Soebbing was on pins and needles Thursday morning.

Nearly 8-hundred dealerships across the country are losing the franchise. Chrysler is reorganizing after it filed for bankruptcy.

Some Central Illinois Chrysler dealers are among the 789 dealers nationwide that Chrysler LLC has told a New York federal bankruptcy court it will eliminate.

In this Feb. 1, 2009 file photo, the company logo shines off the top of a grille on an unsold 2008 300 sedan at a Chrysler-Jeep dealership in Golden, Colo.

A Springfield man wanted for allegedly raping, beating and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend at knifepoint was taken into custody Wednesday by the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force and Springfield police.

With state government struggling to dig itself out of its financial hole, federal economic stimulus money is helping Illinois school districts avoid a continued erosion of their bottom lines.

It's not often that a guest chef gets to cook in the kitchen of the Executive Mansion.

Carrot cake plus cheesecake equals a tasty springtime dessert. Thanks to GeorgeAnn Madison for sharing one of her favorites, which is topped with icing and cinnamon-toasted walnuts.

Renovations and additions are happening all over the SIUE campus, and The Gardens are following suit with long- and short-term projects aimed at bringing students and community members into nature.

Four Decatur people charged with firing a gun into a Cowden home on March 28 waived their rights to preliminary hearings Friday in Shelby County Court.

L ast Thursday was the monthly potluck lunch at The Oasis senior center in downtown Lincoln.

The family of a Bushnell man who was fatally beaten in 2004 at a Bushnell tavern has been awarded more than $3.5 million by a McDonough County jury.

The Wabash River IGCC project in West Terre Haute, Ind., is one of only two plants in the country using the technology that would be employed in FutureGen.

The union for prison workers is vowing to fight Gov. Pat Quinn's budget plans to cut prison spending by about $65 million by implementing new work schedules for guards, ending several programs and closing facilities.