Category Archives: Local News
Carr & Dymova: Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel
Uphill battle for legislation this session comes as Israel faces protests for its war in Gaza By SIMON CARR & SONYA DYMOVA Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - A ...
May 19, 2025 Students at DePaul University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment face counterprotesters in May 2024. This encampment was one of at least 130 similar campus protests last year, which highlighted concerns that Israel was engaging in human rights violations. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo/ Simon Carr)
Man found dead in wooded area east of Pawnee on Friday afternoon
A man was found dead in a wooded area east of Pawnee on Friday afternoon. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon stated that the man was discovered near the 3500 block of Illinois Route 104. An autopsy an...
May 19, 2025 police tape and lights (Credit: ABC News)
Springfield PrideFest, Old Capitol Art Fair attract thousands to downtown
On Saturday, May 17, the annual Springfield PrideFest welcomed thousands of visitors from across Central Illinois to the Y Block with food, music, and vendors, celebrating the diversity and inclusion ...
May 19, 2025
To counter food deserts, Pritzker awards $10 million in new grants for local grocery stores in Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and local leaders to announce eight awards totaling just over $10 million through the Illinois Grocery I...
May 18, 2025
To counter invasive carp, Illinoisan Copi to be featured at National Restaurant Association Show
Copi, the consumer brand for invasive carp launched in 2022 by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), was featured during the National Restaurant Association Show this weekend in Chicago...
May 18, 2025
Hancock: After 150 years, Mary Lincoln's 'madness' still haunts American psyche
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - On May 19, 1875, a Cook County jury handed down a verdict in a case concerning the health and welfare of Mary Linc...
May 18, 2025 A verdict form, left, from a Cook County jury dated May 19, 1875, officially declared Mary Todd Lincoln “insane” and ordered her commitment to a sanitarium. At right, is a portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln, circa 1869. (Images courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum)
CWLP announces crews out across Springfield dealing with power outages after storm front struck city late Friday afternoon
City Water Light and Power announced on early Friday evening that crews are responding to a number of power outages with the severe storm front that came through the Springfield area late this afterno...
May 16, 2025 Technicians working on power lines (Credit: American Public Power Association; UnSplash)
National Weather Service advises caution with thunderstorms in Central Illinois including large hail and wind gusts
This Hazardous Weather Outlook by the National Weather Service is for Central Illinois, east central Illinois, and southeast Illinois. For this Friday afternoon and tonight. Another round of severe we...
May 16, 2025 Stormy weather on May 16, 2025 (Credit: WMAY; Trent R Nelson)
Bill requiring stricter law enforcement hiring practices on its way to Governor JB Pritzker's desk
A bill requiring stricter law enforcement hiring practices is on its way to Governor JB Pritzker. Senator Doris Turner proposed the legislation after last summer's death of Sonya Massey, with murder c...
May 16, 2025
Veterans Assistance Commission of Sangamon County set to relocate its offices later this May
The Veterans Assistance Commission of Sangamon County will relocate its offices later this month to the Sangamon South building on Ninth Street. The VAC will be open regular hours at its Eleventh Stre...
May 16, 2025 VAC logo (Credit: Veterans Assistance Commission)