A dedicated staff member is stepping into a leadership role to further serve the residents and communities of central Illinois ...

Those winds will be more severe in the southeast portions of the region. The counties under a Hazardous Weather Outlook in central Illinois are Knox, Stark, Peoria, Marshall, Woodford, Fulton ...

The commission will look into adding 33 counties in Illinois that passed a referendum ... of residents and representatives in the eastern region of Oregon who wish to join Idaho.

Adams County is the first documented case recorded outside of the leading edge of the CWD endemic region ... northern Illinois and now as far south as Adams County in west-central Illinois.

Several counties in central Illinois are expected to see scattered ... but storms on Sunday will be more severe for parts of the region. The most widespread risk in the area be seen Friday night ...