Reducing the footprint of foreign owned companies in American agriculture has been debate by state and federal politicians for several years.

Gov. Jim Pillen said he turned down a meeting with Syngenta, owned by a Chinese conglomerate, and told them to sell their ...

Trey Hilderbrand surges to a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 rally past Kuhar in the second round of qualifying at the Newport Casino.

Machaela Sweeney enjoys the view at the top of Inspiration Point near the Mississippi River in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest. Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Thursday launched his reelection campaign, seeking a third term in the governor’s mansion amid speculation about a future run for higher office. “Donald Trump ...

ROCHELLE, Ill. (WIFR) - The multiyear project to reconstruct the I-39 and Illinois 38 interchange in Rochelle will begin July 7. The project will reconfigure the existing diamond interchange into ...

The Smithfield Police Department identified the victim as 31-year-old Timmy Mouch. Friends of Mouch called police around 9:15 p.m. when he had not been seen for several hours on Tuesday night.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — A British man, Scott West, 40, from Manchester, United Kingdom, was sentenced to 42 years in prison on June 23, after being convicted of three counts of sexual exploitation ...

A Springfield dairy farm is one of a dozen or so farms in the state producing raw milk. We look into the recent trend and if ...

1913: Women in Illinois were successful in gaining partial suffrage. They became the first women east of the Mississippi River to have the right to vote in presidential elections.

According to the arrest warrant, Smithfield Police Department charged 55-year-old Angie Peedin after she knowingly kidnapped and restrained a man for the “purpose of holding [him] for ransom.” ...

Selling raw milk in Illinois became legal on July 1, 2016. Hunter in 2023 became the 15th legal, active raw milk producer in the state, according to records kept by Illinois Department of Public ...