Category Archives: Local News
City of Springfield set to begin aerial and underground data collection as part of Springfield Smart City and Asset Management Project
The City of Springfield is set to begin aerial and underground data collection activities as part of the Springfield Smart City and Asset Management Project. Residents and businesses in the downtown a...
Apr 15, 2025 Municipal Building
Springfield to host National Drug Take Back Day event April 26 for old and unwanted medications
Springfield will be hosting a drug Take Back Day on April 26 to help safely dispose of old and unwanted meds. On Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office and th...
Apr 15, 2025 Prescription drugs
Aubrey: Prisoner Review Board reform bill clears Senate
Updated from last year's bill, it aims to increase transparency of prisoner releases By JADE AUBREY Capitol News Illinois jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would reform the Pri...
Apr 14, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, right, speaks with a Senate staffer a few hours before debating a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Parker & Hundsdorfer: Homeschool bill stalls in Illinois House, but sponsor says it's still alive
The bill's future is uncertain as it draws fierce opposition from homeschool families, a threat against its sponsor prompting a police investigation and shaky support from Democrats. By MOLLY PARKER a...
Apr 14, 2025 Rep. Terra Costa Howard, D- Glen Ellyn, speaks to a House colleague shortly after making a speech on April 11, 2025, in favor of her bill creating new homeschool oversight in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Chronic Wasting Disease recently detected in deer across Putnam, Marshall, Adams and Peoria counties
Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, has been detected in Putnam, Marshall, Adams, and Peoria counties, expanding the geographic presence of the disease in free-ranging deer populations in northern Illino...
Apr 14, 2025 Deer
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