State News

A bill requiring Illinois school districts to offer full-day kindergarten is headed to the governor’s desk.

State Senator Kimberly Lightford of Maywood says it’s important that families

A father is dead, and his two kids were injured, after a grenade exploded inside an Indiana home.

Authorities say it happened Saturday when the family was looking through a

Starting this summer, Indiana will lift its ban on throwing stars, as per Senate Enrolled Act 77.

Throwing stars will be regulated similarly to other knife-like weapons in the state, with

Health officials are warning residents about the heightened activity of ticks during the upcoming months and advising them to protect themselves against tick bites and tick-borne

An arrest made in a fire that destroyed a business that was over a century old. It was at the Pearl Cleaners in Evansville where a fire was intentionally set, say investigators.

The man who

Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate in the Harrison County Jail in Corydon.

42-year-old Joshua Kepley was pronounced dead in his cell around 6:00 a.m.

A bill that would make school meals free for all students in Illinois is one step closer to reality.

The measure passed both the House and the Senate and has been sent to Governor

The Illinois Senate is advancing a bill that would allow gender-neutral, multi-occupancy restrooms to be installed in private and public businesses.

The Senate passed a measure that would

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is praising lawmakers for passing a bill that places limits on the marketing of firearms.

The state Senate voted Thursday to approve the measure, which would

Indiana Senator Mike Braun says the nation needs to come up with a plan to get more people into the nursing field, especially in Indiana.

Braun says the state already has 4300 job openings