Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 has $6,205,000 in debt, according to Illinois State Board of Education 2016 financial reports obtained by the SW Illinois News.
Carterville High School's 2016 standardized test scores increased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
Outlining key policy issues from the GOP perspective, the Republican party of Randolph County recently updated its official party platform on its website.
In a move that Republican leaders say cut off negotiations, the House passed a bill on Sunday that nets $5.4 billion in revenue by raising income and corporate taxes.
The Illinois attorney general has put the responsibility for answering Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for the Benton Municipal Airport squarely on the City of Benton, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) website.
Sen. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) said he sat through 11 special legislative sessions in a row without a discussion on the budget, according to his weekly report on his website.
Here are the 36 former employees of the City of Pinckneyville receiving the highest annual pension payouts, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records: