Grammy-winning duo Dan + Shay solidified themselves as the hottest group in country music with multiple wins at the Academy of Country Music Awards, where Keith Urban was named entertainer of the year and Kacey Musgraves won three honors.

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

SPRINGFIELD — Heavy metal band Megadeth will be the opening act at this year’s Illinois State Fair.

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

ZEIGLER — There were four people running for as many seats on the Zeigler City Council. It turns out one of them might not be eligible to serve.

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

Alan M. Dershowitz, the attorney and Harvard Law professor emeritus, slammed Robert Mueller on Sunday, saying the special counsel engaged in a “cop out” by stating that his report neither exonerated President Trump nor concluded he’d committed a crime related to obstruction of justice.

Here’s a link to the story at Fox News.

Illinois is raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, and a Democratic lawmaker says that should be the base pay for all workers.

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

For more than a year, state child welfare workers watched over 2-year-old Ja’hir Gibbons and his 5-year-old brother, looking for any signs that they had been physically abused.

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

State Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, is pushing a bill that would require high schools to offer an early college program.

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

The pharmacy’s workers cleared the shelves. A maintenance crew took down the signs. And then they shut the pharmacy’s doors for the final time in July.

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

Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice, Attorney General William Barr declared Sunday. That brought a hearty claim of vindication from Trump but set the stage for new rounds of political and legal fighting

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

The 2020 U.S. census is a little more than a year away but that hasn’t stopped Jay Young from worrying about what it will mean for Illinois.

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