An early-season snow storm rolled through the Midwest on Wednesday night and Thursday morning forcing school closings and other delays. The Southern Illinois region was expected to receive three to six inches of snow accumulation before tapering off at mid-morning on Thursday.

Here’s a link to area closings at WSIL-TV.

The Poshard Foundation usually makes the news giving away money. Today, they are receiving money.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

Small businesses in Illinois and across the country can’t find enough workers to fill open positions.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Despite offering over $1 billion in tax incentives and other perks to lure online retail giant Amazon, Illinois won’t get the company’s $5 billion investment or thousands of high-paying jobs.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Illinois’ bicentennial best-of voters are looking for Illinois’ best leader of the past 200 years, and it’s tough.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Most of the election dust has settled, and lawmakers are headed back to the capitol on Tuesday to address some of the 78 bills that outgoing Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed over the summer.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Just shy of a week since his electoral victory, Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker is short on details about the first thing he’ll tackle in office, but he’s firm about this much: He’ll live in Springfield … and Chicago during his four-year term.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

As a result of Tuesday’s election, a new county clerk, state’s attorney and sheriff will join the incumbent treasurer as office holders in Saline County.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

In addition to giving Illinois a new governor, Tuesday’s election gave Illinois a new political balance.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

Illinois Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that dealing with the state’s financial problems will be a top priority.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.