CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a Fayette County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after ...

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit on Feb. 27, 2025 challenging Fayette County’s 2021 electoral map as racially discriminatory. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a federal ...

A Fayette County father was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison after police said he starved and beat his daughter, keeping her zip-tied in a dog crate for hours. Parents Jacob Weight and Mimi ...

MORE BREAKING NEWS NOW. FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON FLATWOODS ROAD IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY. THE HOUSE THERE IS COMPLETELY BURNED. FLAMES WERE STILL VISIBLE INSIDE AS WELL.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — An inmate at the Fayette County Detention Center was found dead in her cell on Saturday morning, officials say. The release states that 27-year-old Alicia Meredith ...

The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including ...

THE BOARD HAS ALSO CONSIDERED CLOSING A SCHOOL JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM FAYETTE COUNTY’S BIGGEST TAXPAYER, A LUXURY RESORT. ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED THAT RESORT NEMACOLIN WOODLANDS ...

While Illinois’ total population grew slightly last year, many areas of the state experienced population decline. People ...

Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP ...