Category Archives: Local News
After Supreme Court Ruling Illinois Lawmakers Not to Pursue Redistricting Constitutional Amendment
Illinois lawmakers are not planning to pursue a constitutional amendment on redistricting after a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday. Senate President Don Harmon told Capitol News Illinois tha...
Apr 30, 2026 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Federal Conspiracy Charges Against "Broadview Six" Dropped
Federal prosecutors say they'll drop the main felony conspiracy charges against a handful of politically active protesters who demonstrated outside a Chicago-area immigration facility last fall. Capit...
Apr 30, 2026 vladek / Depositphotos.com
Illinois Accountability Commission to Release Final Report Thursday
After conducting over a dozen investigations, interviewing witnesses, and reviewing hundreds of hours of video footage, the Illinois Accountability Commission is prepared to release its final report t...
Apr 29, 2026 Photo Courtesy of Capitol News Illinois
Majority of UIS Tenure and Tenure-Track Union Votes to Approve Tentative New Contract
The union representing tenure and tenure-track faculty at University of Illinois Springfield reports that the majority of its members have voted to approve a tentative contract. UIS United Faculty rep...
Apr 29, 2026
Springfield City Council Discuss Proposed Capital Area Tourism Authority
Springfield's Committee of the Whole on Tuesday night again deliberated over the city's minimal role in the proposed Capital Area Tourism Authority. Alders had questions over how the tourism authority...
Apr 29, 2026 Photo Courtesy of YouTube
Springfield Hospitals Plant Tree in Remembrance of Youths Who Died in YNOT Tragedy
Representatives from HSHS St. John's Hospital and Springfield Memorial Hospital planted a tree on Tuesday to remember five youths who died when a vehicle crashed through a Chatham after-school center ...
Apr 29, 2026 A crowd of HSHS St. John’s Hospital and Springfield Memorial Hospital employees and families impacted by the Chatham daycare tragedy gathered outside HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, to mark the one-year anniversary with a tree-planting remembrance event. (Photo courtesy HSHS St. John's Hospita
Pritzker Takes Part in Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe Ribbon Cutting
Scheels Sports Park at Legacy Pointe is formally open after a ribbon cutting on Tuesday afternoon at the Springfield complex with local and state leaders. Governor JB Pritzker said the complex provide...
Apr 28, 2026
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Madigan's Convictions
A federal appeals court Monday upheld the 10 guilty verdicts that sent former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to prison. Capitol News Illinois reports a 7 th Circuit appellate panel found no er...
Apr 28, 2026
Workers' Memorial Day Commemoration Takes Place in Springfield
The annual Workers' Memorial Day commemoration in Springfield included a local golf course superintendent who recently lost his life on the job. The Illinois AFL-CIO and the Springfield & Central ...
Apr 28, 2026
SMTD Unveils "Buddy" the Bus, Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Route 66
Sangamon Mass Transit District is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Route 66 with a specially-decorated bus. Managing Director Steve Schoeffel said the bus named "Buddy" has a vintage look designed...
Apr 28, 2026