Category Archives: Local News
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)
Meisel: Jury in Sen. Emil Jones III bribery trial indicates possible deadlock
Judge to tell jury to keep trying Thursday after 18 hours of deliberations By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones I...
Apr 24, 2025 The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial may be deadlocked on two of the three counts against the senator, according to a note jurors sent the judge late Wednesday, April 23, after 18 hours of deliberations. The judge indicated she will instruct the jury on Thursday to keep trying. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IDNR announces registration for local youth and family wingshooting clinic at Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area now open
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced on Thursday that youths aged 10 and older - as well as adults - can now register online for the upcoming youth and family wingshooting clinic sch...
Apr 24, 2025 Individual being instructed at a local wingshooting clinic (Credit: IDNR)
Szalinski: Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announces U.S. Senate campaign
Stratton first Democrat to announce intention to fill retiring Sen. Dick Durbin's seat By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton...
Apr 24, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch in Springfield in August 2024. She became the first high-ranking Democrat to formally announce her candidacy for U.S. Senate on Thursday, April 24, one day after Illinois’ senior U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced he would not run again after his term ends in 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)