Category Archives: Local News
Man taken to local hospital after being hit on his bike by van late last week
A 40-year-old male biker was hit by a vehicle today near 2500 Dinius Rd. The Sangamon County sheriff's office says the pedestrian was riding his bike westbound and was struck by a silver van. The van ...
Apr 28, 2025 police tape and lights (Credit: ABC News)
This Friday: UIS's Make A Noise Ensemble closes concert season with free show
Friday, May 2, the University of Illinois Springfield's Make A Noise Ensemble closes out the season by presenting a free experimental music show. The university invites the Springfield public to "Prep...
Apr 27, 2025
Aubrey: Illinois community-based foster homes face insurance 'crisis'
By JADE AUBREY Capitol News Illinois jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Insurance companies are reducing the scope of coverage for some community foster agencies in Illinois, leading to hig...
Apr 27, 2025
Illinois Student Assistance Commission dismayed at Republican admin over students' financial aid delays
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has sent a letter to federal Education Secretary Linda McMahon, expressing alarm about potential delays to the timely delivery of critical student financial ...
Apr 26, 2025 Adah Crandall uses a megaphone during a Defend Our Schools rally to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the U.S.Department of Education outside its building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Meisel, Szalinski: Stratton secures Pritzker's backing in Senate bid, positions herself as 'fighter' of Trump
CHICAGO - Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday received a key endorsement from Gov. JB Pritzker, nearly eight yea...
Apr 26, 2025
Ruiz-Branch: Higher ed supporters rally on two IL campuses for students' rights
Judith Ruiz-Branch Illinois News Connection It has been a busy week for supporters of higher education in Illinois, with two separate protests at Northern Illinois University and Northeastern Illinois...
Apr 25, 2025 A group of young activists stands together, holding hands in solidarity while marching down a city street. They carry protest signs as the sun sets behind them.
IDOT: Painting will begin on Route 36's Sangamon River bridge on Monday
Today, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced that bridge painting at the Old Route 36 bridge over the Sangamon River south of Riverton will commence on Monday, April 28. A protective coa...
Apr 25, 2025
Meisel: Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in federal bribery case of Sen. Emil Jones III
Deliberations continued for nearly 23 hours before jury arrived at stalemate By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in t...
Apr 25, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III and his stepmother Lori leave the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on April 17, 2025, after leaving the witness stand for a final time in his corruption trial.
Enos Park Neighborhood Gardens announce opening of first wheelchair accessible garden in Springfield this upcoming Tuesday, April 29
Springfield is set to open a first-of-its-kind innovation in Enos Park, one that aims for a greater measure of communal and social inclusion in the midst of nature. The Grand Opening of the Wheelchair...
Apr 25, 2025 Enos Park Neighborhood Gardens Wheelchair Accessible Garden announcement flyer (Credit: EPNG)
Sangamon County Coroner confirms the recovery of human skeletal remains in Grandview on Thursday afternoon
Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon confirmed on Thursday the recent recovery of human skeletal remains. On April 18, 2025, the remains were located in a wooded section in the 1700 block of North Milto...
Apr 24, 2025 police tape and lights (Credit: ABC News)