Pike County IL

A special prosecutor is assigned to the misconduct trial of Pike County Sheriff and Coroner Paul Petty.

Two Kansas residents who allegedly stole food from a convenience store are in custody in  Pike County, Illinois after leading authorities on a two-state chase.

A former judge charged after a colleague died at a Pike County, Illinois hunting lodge will spend the next two years in a Florida prison.

Pike County, Illinois Sheriff Paul Petty faces charges following his actions in the September 2012 death investigation for a Milton woman.

A proposed high-voltage power line through the region has federal approval, but it still must get the OK from regulators in Missouri and Illinois. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given the green light to the controversial Grain Belt Express Clean Line.

A Hannibal man faces several charges following his arrest in Quincy.

The route for a controversial multi-state power line may be coming through Ralls County Missouri and Pike County Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois hunters harvested fewer deer during the opening weekend of the firearm season this year. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Friday that hunters harvested about 55,700 deer last weekend. That's fewer than the approximately 77,100 taken during the first weekend of hunting last year...

A former judge charged after the body of a colleague was found at a Pike County, Illinois hunting lodge is expected to plead guilty.