DeWitt County

A supplemental environmental impact statement filed this spring by Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will likely advance the operating license renewal request filed by Constellation Energy, owner of the Clinton nuclear power plant.

Biographer and historian Guy Fraker will give a talk about Ann Rutledge, rumored to be Abraham Lincoln's first sweetheart.

The so-called "Dust Bowl Troubadour" has long been a fascination and inspiration to music historian Bucky Halker, who will give a presentation and performance this weekend at the C.H. Moore Homestead in Clinton.

On Sunday, a free talk at the DeWitt County Museum in Clinton explores a connection between quilts and the Underground Railroad.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will review the proposal from Constellation Energy to allow the plant to operate another 20 years, through 2047.

The alleged gunman in a Labor Day weekend shooting in DeWitt County that killed one person and critically injured another has apparently killed himself, authorities said Tuesday.

The Alta wind farm west of Wapella has a power purchase agreement with Meta and its DeKalb Data Center.

Eldon Cusey, 68, of Wapella resigned from his job last year. The Illinois Attorney General accuses Cusey of using a township credit card to buy personal items, including home goods, pet food, alcohol, and live chickens.

An ice fisherman has died after falling through the ice at a farm pond in rural Dewitt County.The Wapella Fire Department said it responded Saturday…