Stephanie ‘Stevie’ Borders had just turned 18 when she left her parents’ Bushnell home to listen to a band at a local bar on Sept. 9, 2000. Her body would be found eight months later, concealed in a well off a gravel road north of Avon. State police say Borders’ death is a drug-induced homicide — and the concealment is part of the crime. But 25 years later, no one has ever been held accountable.

The shooting happened on Aug. 5 in rural Burlington.

Spoon River College President Curt Oldfield said he is especially proud of the investment the college made in career and technical education with its new Macomb campus.

Around 300 students are taking classes on SRC's new Macomb campus, and there is room to expand to accommodate even more.

City leaders believe the district will spur economic development and help them address blighted areas.

The ordinance gives the police department the option to issue a $300 fine for the use of a fake ID instead of charging the offender with a misdemeanor under state law.

WIU's ROTC program has been active for more than 50 years.

A Granite City man was sentenced to natural life in prison without the possibility of parole in the April 29, 2022 death of Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Weist.

After hearing a presentation from Prairie Hills Resource Conservation & Development, the board could take action to join the land bank in September.

The county plans to finance the $466,559 purchase because it was not budgeted for.