Category Archives: Local News

The Springfield City Council has approved an ordinance to allow for direct payment to cannabis grant program recipients. The ordinance also expanded the area of eligibility for the grant programs, and...

WMAY's Patrick Pfingsten reports in his The Illinoize newsletter this morning Governor JB Pritzker will take aim at the Trump administration and present a "maintenance" budget during his State of the ...

Legislation that would assist the Chicago Bears' stalled effort to move from the lakefront to a new domed stadium in Arlington Heights has "positive momentum" after languishing for years at the bottom...

Multi-Platinum rock band Shinedown will be playing the Illinois State Fair Grandstand on Sunday August 23rd. Shinedown boasts over 8.3 billion global streams, 4 No. 1 rock hits, 15 platinum and gold s...

Downtown Springfield Inc. is searching for its next executive director. The non-profit downtown advocacy organization announced Tuesday morning that Carlos Ortega exits the position in a mutual separa...

A mental health board in Sangamon County funded by a sales tax will provide resources to improve every aspect of the community's health, according to organizers of a campaign asking voters to approve ...

Hundreds gathered on Monday to remember a Rochester High School student who died unexpectedly over the past weekend. The Jo Daviess County Coroner's office said preliminary autopsy results indicate Ja...

Civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson has died. He was 84. Jackson was hospitalized in November while battling a progressive neuromuscular disease. Jackson was born in North Carolina but eventually...

New details are emerging about the death of Rochester High School student Jack Zucco over the weekend. According to a report from the Jo Daviess County Sheriff, where Zucco passed, "on February 13, 20...

This is Presidents Day. Government offices are closed, as are post offices, most public schools, courts, banks and the stock market. Today is one of 11 federal holidays with the next one on May 25 for...