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Some political strategists believe that the nation’s most sparsely-populated places could determine who wins the White House in November. Some 55 million people live in rural towns and counties, which cover 80 percent of the landscape. It is as a dispersed but potent political force.

Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said investigators believe a house just north of Peoria was intentionally set ablaze.

The 60-year-old man who died Thursday when his bicycle was struck by a truck on Knoxville Avenue has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie...

President Biden has nominated an Illinois Wesleyan University graduate to the federal bench. Colleen Lawless is currently an associate circuit judge in Sangamon County. Before that she was a shareholder in a prominent Springfield law firm.

The Florida governor went all in on Iowa and tried the traditional ground game that has paid off for past caucus winners — campaigning in all of Iowa's 99 counties.

The actor has turned his cellphone over to authorities as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last fall, a law enforcement official says.

It’s been nearly two months since the first COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization from the Federal Drug Administration. More than one…

Florida is one of several states that did not expand Medicaid, leaving low-income residents on their own.

David Zandstra, 83, has been charged with criminal homicide, first-degree murder and other crimes. Investigators say he admitted to killing Gretchen Harrington in 1975.

A year ago, when Illinois was hitting it's seventh straight month without a budget, the Baby Fold child care and education agency was about $1.7 million…