Category Archives: Local News
Fox & Nowicki: 'Our identity has been frozen in time': How Native American advocates are influencing Springfield
Preserving history, improving imagery and correcting historic wrongs are focus of Statehouse advocacy By BRIDGETTE FOX & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIEL...
May 12, 2025 Attendees of the 2025 Native American Summit perform a dance in the Illinois Capitol rotunda on March 12, 2025, in full Native regalia. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Bridgette Fox)
Groundbreaking ceremony held on Monday morning at Woodside and Iron Bridge Roads as reconstruction effort set to commence
Reconstruction is set to begin soon on a busy intersection linking Springfield and Chatham that includes two roads, a rail crossing and the Interurban Trail. Local officials conducted a groundbreaking...
May 12, 2025 Sangamon County Board Chairman Andy Van Meter at podium during Woodside/Iron Bridge groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, 5/12/25 (Credit: Greg Halbleib)
ISP investigating motorcycle crash and fatality on I-55 near Waggoner
Illinois State Police are investigating the death of a motorcyclist following a crash on Interstate 55 near Waggoner in Montgomery County. Troop 8 reports the southbound motorcycle entered the center ...
May 12, 2025
"Abraham Lincoln on Screen": Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum to host historian's talk on president's film history
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has announced that, on May 20, film historian Mark S. Reinhart will give a special talk on the legacy of Abraham Lincoln in cinema. The special prog...
May 11, 2025 Abraham Lincoln in ambrotype by Abraham Byers: "Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, May 7, 1858"
Monday, May 12: section of N. 5th Street closing for water service maintenance
Beginning Monday, May 12th, North Fifth Street will be closed along a stretch between Eastman & North Grand Avenues in order for City Water Light & Power's to repair a damaged water service li...
May 11, 2025
This Thursday: Illinois Product Farmers Market returns to fairgrounds
May 15 marks the 18th season of the Illinois Product Farmers Market. From 3:30 PM until 7:00 PM each Thursday Illinoisans are invited by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to enjoy Illinois-made f...
May 11, 2025 The Illinois State Fair Grounds is where the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service office (not seen) is located, in Springfield, IL, on Nov. 2, 2011. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Schoonover: What Trump's cuts to federal climate research could mean for Illinois
By ISABELLA SCHOONOVER Medill Illinois News Bureau isabellaschoonover2025@u.northwestern.edu CHICAGO - The Trump administration took the unprecedented step of halting work on the next National Climate...
May 10, 2025
Illinois Senate votes to ban junk fees
The Illinois Senate has voted to approve a piece of legislation which will force disclosure of hidden "junk fees" charged by various businesses. The Illinois Senate is now expected to vote on the bill...
May 10, 2025
Illinois DMV gets new "Flagship" service center in Springfield
This week, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias unveiled the DMV's new Springfield Flagship Center. The Springfield Flagship Center, located at the site of the Secretary of State's former dri...
May 10, 2025
CWLP issues Boil order for residents near Capital Airport
This morning, City Water, Light & Power issued a boil order for a total of 64 water customers across from the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, where a water main was repaired. Streets impacted by ...
May 10, 2025