Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois Commerce Commission is encouraging Illinoisans to check their household plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems for leaks as a part of national Fix-a-Leak Week. Household leaks waste abo...

Youth between the ages of 10 and 17 can register now for the youth and family wingshooting clinic Saturday, April 5 at the James Orlandini Foundation site in Springfield. This clinic is designed for y...

The University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery is partnering with the Kidzeum of Health and Science to present "Bit by Bit," an exhibition exploring the concept of healing through contempo...

Springfield business owner John Chiang received a letter March 10 that landlords dread: a tenant is breaking its lease. The tenant, however, happens to be the U.S. government's Department of Labor - w...

Following Friday's US Senate vote to approve a highly controversial Continuing Resolution to fund the government, multiple officials from Illinois released comments denouncing the resolution. Earlier ...

During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, HSHS St. John's Hospital is offering free at-home screening tests to community members to help ease test anxiety and promote early detection. Colorectal cance...

The Massey Commission is "charged to address systematic racism and community mistrust in the patterns and practices of law enforcement and other helping professions." At its most recent meeting citize...

A woman whose body was found in a field outside of Springfield has been identified by the coroner. Springfield Police said a farmer reported finding a body in a field Tuesday afternoon. Officers were ...

Operations are back to normal at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport after a security scare on Wednesday. The chief of the Police at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport said one of the terminals was evacuated...

At March 13's Committee of the Whole meeting, Alderwoman Jennifer Notariano of Ward 6 offered a proposal to publicize the City of Springfield's 1987 federal consent decree. The consent decree, which r...