Category Archives: Local News
City of Springfield and various local organizations seek select high school juniors and seniors for 2025 Student Worker Arborist summer internship program
The City of Springfield, in partnership with local organizations, is seeking high school juniors and seniors who live in the 62701, 62702, or 62703 zip codes to apply for the 2025 Student Worker Arbor...
Apr 14, 2025 Tree
IDPH launches Measles Outbreak Simulator Dashboard to help aid school officials in fight against deadly illness
An Illinois agency has created a data dashboard for measles amid an ongoing outbreak that has spread across the U.S. The Illinois Department of Public Health launched a Measles Outbreak Simulator Dash...
Apr 14, 2025 This is the skin of a patient after 3 days of measles infection; treated at the New York - Presbyterian Hospital. Prior to widespread immunization, measles was common in childhood, with more than 90% of infants and children infected by age 12. Recently, fewer than 1,000 measles cases have been reported annually since 1993.
Newly released January data shows Sangamon County housing prices on rise compared to prior month
Newly released data from Realtor.com for January shows that potential buyers and sellers in Sangamon County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month's median of $160,000. The median home so...
Apr 14, 2025 Mini house representation with key
Illinois Health & Family Services Dep. marks 60th year of Medicaid service as program future falls into question
2025 marks 60 years of the US's means-tested health insurance program, Medicaid. Medicaid, first envisioned as part of 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, has massively grown in importan...
Apr 13, 2025 Illinois HFS Department logo
Springfield Garden Club meeting set for May 5
The Springfield Civic Garden Club will hold its next monthly meeting on Monday, May 5, 2025, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 533 South Walnut, in Springfield. Guests are always welcome to attend. ...
Apr 13, 2025
Brandhorst, et al.: 'Chilling silence': Waves of Illinois' international university students lose their visas
JACKSON BRANDHORST, BRIDGETTE FOX, MOLLY PARKER, JULIA RENDLEMAN & LYLEE GIBBS Capitol News Illinois Saluki Local Reporting Lab news@capitolnewsillinois.com The federal government has revoked the ...
Apr 13, 2025 The Pulliam Hall clocktower is illuminated in the evening April 9, 2025 at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
Ruiz- Branch: New study: Small farms disproportionately impacted by extreme heat
Judith Ruiz-Branch Illinois News Connection April 10, 2025 A new study shows how extreme weather conditions negatively affect production yields on Midwest dairy farms, with a disproportionate impact o...
Apr 12, 2025
HSHS St. John's sponsoring April 26 organ donor memorial walk
Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 AM, the inaugural organ donor memorial walk, coordinated by Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network will be held at St. John's Hospital Pavilion, 301 N. 8th Street, Spr...
Apr 12, 2025
Szalinski: Senate OKs police hiring reform, Sangamon County recall in response to Sonya Massey's death
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office came under intense scrutiny after an unarmed Black woman was shot and kille...
Apr 11, 2025 State Senator Doris Turner
Five arrested in Springfield, including three juveniles, after guns were found in search of vehicle
Springfield Police stopped a vehicle in the 1800 block of east Cedar Street in reference to an ongoing investigation. All five passengers were detained by police, and ultimately three firearms were re...
Apr 09, 2025 SPD Explorer