After almost handing the South Seven Conference title to Mount Vernon with a double-overtime loss on the road, the Marion boys basketball team beat 25-win Centralia, 70-60, Friday night at Virgil ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of an outbreak of the bird flu in humans is low, although Illinois’ health department is preparing for the possibility. On Friday, ...

The impending closure of a University of Illinois soybean research lab due to federal funding cuts could impede the study of a fungal disease that experts say would decimate the crop if it makes its ...