Category Archives: Local News
Szalinski: Stratton's top priority in Senate campaign: Fighting back against Trump
Lt. Gov, says affordability, 'kitchen table' issues are voters' main concerns By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton...
May 01, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton talks to Capitol News Illinois at a union office building in Springfield on Wednesday about her campaign to replace outgoing Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Early results of the Prepare for Illinois' Future program show promise
On Wednesday, Illinois lawmakers were joined by students and university leaders to announce the early results of the Prepare for Illinois' Future program-a groundbreaking investment in Illinois studen...
May 01, 2025
Morgan and Sangamon counties joined Swift Current Energy officials in Auburn on Wednesday for symbolic ribbon cutting ceremony
Civic, business and government leaders from Morgan and Sangamon counties joined Swift Current Energy officials on Wednesday afternoon in Auburn to cut a symbolic ribbon for what the company bills as t...
May 01, 2025 jail cell (Credit: ABC)
Auburn man acquitted of first-degree murder found guilty of reckless homicide and other offenses from 2022 fatal crash
An Auburn man was acquitted of first-degree murder but found guilty of reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence for a wrong-way fatal crash on Interstate 55 near Springfield in 202...
May 01, 2025
"Chatham Strong": A Picture Gallery Since The April 28 YNOT Tragedy
In the wake of the tragedy that unfurled at the YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp on Monday afternoon, leaving four people dead and at least six others injured - the strength of the Chatham c...
Apr 30, 2025 Welcome to Chatham sign with Chatham Strong Photo Credit: Kyle Hutchinson / Woodward Community Media
Hundsdorfer & Aubrey: Four children still hospitalized while Chatham mourns four who died in crash
State Police investigate what caused driver of Jeep to plow into after-school program By BETH HUNDSDORFER & JADE AUBREY Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHATHAM - As a central Il...
Apr 30, 2025 A memorial at the site where three children and a teen died when a Jeep crashed through a building that housed an after-school program in Chatham. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Rochester Schools Superintendent Dan W. Cox announces he and board of education agree to "mutual separation" effective June 30 in shadow of suspension and investigation
After a troubling year in which he was put on administrative leave and was the target of an investigation by the school district, Rochester Superintendent Dan W. Cox announced on Facebook on Wednesday...
Apr 30, 2025 Dan W. Cox (Credit: LinkedIn)
Updated: Community vigil held at Glenwood High School in Chatham days after senseless YNOT Outdoors tragedy grips community
A crowd estimated at 3,000 gathered on Wednesday evening at Glenwood High School's football stadium for support and to remember four students killed Monday afternoon in a crash at YNOT Outdoors in Cha...
Apr 30, 2025 Chatham Vigil (Credit: Facebook)
Illinois Department of Human Rights and Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes calls on residents to report acts of hate as part of state-wide "Help Stop Hate" initiative
As the available data shows, hate crimes have skyrocketed 125% across Illinois since 2021, with bias based on race, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity driving over 95% of incidents; act...
Apr 30, 2025 Help Stop Hate campaign (Credit: Help Stop Hate website)
Szalinski: Trump's 100 days: Pritzker calls for mass mobilization as he grows his national profile
Governor introduces himself to new audiences at New Hampshire fundraiser, virtual town hall while dismissing presidential speculation By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillin...
Apr 30, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a fundraiser for the New Hampshire Democratic Party on Sunday, April 27, 2025. (Photo provided by Pritzker campaign)