The Waterloo City Council is expected to vote on special use permit requests by the owners of the former Ahne’s Bakery property at 201 W. Mill Street during its ...

The City of Columbia has been reluctant to approve special-use permits for ground-mounted solar array proposals, and now the city may remove that option for residential properties going forward.

Area departments responded Friday to multiple fires despite a National Weather Service alert discouraging outdoor burning. The Dupo, Prairie du Pont and Columbia fire departments responded about 10:45 ...

Among the Bulldogs teams that have had some excellent performances this year is the Waterloo Junior High School chess team, which recently celebrated a their first conference win. WJHS ...

The Columbia High School girls bowling team capped off its historic season this past weekend at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford, ...

Several area fire departments responded late Thursday morning to a house fire in New Athens. The incident occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the 300 block of South Benton ...

Multiple police agencies were involved in a pursuit that occurred early Thursday morning throughout Waterloo and ended with two arrests as well as the seizure of illegal drugs. Shortly ...

The March 17 primary will see voters deciding on some key federal and state races in addition to one local contested primary ...

Affordability, housing and conflict with the federal government were among key topics discussed by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker ...

An especially brief meeting of the Waterloo School Board saw only a few action items addressed, the most impactful part of ...

The boys basketball season ended this week for all five local high school squads.  In Class 2A, Columbia (22-10) entered ...

Although he had trouble seeing it for himself, Columbia Eagles head hockey coach Allen Lalk said the championship feeling was ...