On Jan. 24, the McClain FFA Chapter recently took a team to the state contest ... While some news organizations opt for paid websites or costly paywalls, The Highland County Press has maintained a ...

The Outer Banks is the artist James Melvin’s muse ... the Black history that’s here [in Dare County.”] The award-winning painter says his greatest reward was being able to go to the Peace ...

KEOKUK – Angel Sharon Ann McClain, 71, of Keokuk, passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington. She was born Sept. 16, 1953, in Carthage, Illinois, ...

In a final attempt to weaken defense attorneys’ arguments over the racketeering, bribery and other corruption allegations against Madigan and his co-defendant, longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike ...

CHICAGO — It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing ...

Girls Highland County first place swimmers (All FAC) included: Laura Barber (MHS) 200 IM and 100 Freestyle, and Kamryn Asbury (HHS) 50 Freestyle. For the boys FAC championship on Thursday at McClain ...

“Mr. Madigan and McClain are adept at making sure Mr. Madigan’s fingerprints are not left at the scene,” Bhachu said of an episode involving a proposed land deal that forms the basis of five ...

(The Center Square) – The jury has completed its first full day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. Deliberations ...

The search for a missing driver following a hit-and-run incident in Rockdale County tragically concluded with the discovery of his body. Shaquel Liburd, 31, was identified as the man who vanished ...

Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain and his wife Cinda walk toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 27, 2025, ahead of further closing arguments in his and former Illinois House Speaker ...

CHICAGO — Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday afternoon more than three months after testimony in the ...

Check back with ABC7 Chicago for live updates. McClain's defense finished closing arguments at the end of the day Tuesday. While McClain has already been convicted for his role in the ComEd scheme ...