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A group of Illinois lawmakers is encouraging the state to study the feasibility of an east-west passenger rail corridor.

The route -- by bus at first, with the hope to eventually move to trains – would run from the Quad Cities to Danville. It would include stops in Galesburg, Peoria, Bloomington, and Champaign.

Des Moines County is taking itself out of the running for a piece of real estate.

The Lee County Board of Supervisors seems to be more committed to moving a county department.

The Illinois General Assembly has overridden Governor Pat Quinn's veto of legislation that addresses so-called "Smart Grid" technology.

Even a cemetery can use a little love sometimes, and the group "Friends of Oakwood Cemetery" plans to put a little love into the grand old graveyard in Macomb.

A handsome two-year-old British lab barreled his way into my heart after I resisted our getting another dog. It was a relationship made in heaven.

Some last-minute objections did not stop a plan to resurface four tennis courts near Keokuk High School from moving forward.

Some Keokuk residents will pay less for sewer services this summer.

The Shop Talk panelists discuss the US Justice Department’s seizure of phone records from the Associated Press.  The Obama administration claimed it was a matter of national security.

The woman being accused of sexual abuse by two former students is leaving the Keokuk School District.