Category Archives: Local News

A country music star from Illinois is the latest addition to this year's Illinois State Fair grandstand lineup. Bailey Zimmerman will headline the stage on the first Friday of the fair, August 14. Zim...

Students are returning to classes in Edinburg today after the district switched to an e-learning day on Monday due to a high number of illness-related absences. Superintendent Ashley Francis said on t...

A Democratic candidate for Sangamon County sheriff is withdrawing from the race due to what he calls a lack of party support. Marc Bell announced on Monday afternoon that his campaign was contingent o...

A standout pop rock group over the past three decades has been announced as the latest addition to the grandstand lineup of this year's Illinois State Fair. Matchbox Twenty will headline the stage on ...

Three Springfield men who were at the scene of an officer-involved shooting last month have been indicted by a Sangamon County grand jury. Several counts of unlawful possession of a weapon were filed ...

A Springfield firefighter was injured at the scene of a barn fire on Saturday night. Springfield firefighters were called to the 4000 block of Tuxhorn Road east of the city at about 7 p.m. The barn wa...

With Governor JB Pritzker's annual budget address less than two weeks away, a new report from his office is setting the table for a speech that's likely to be bleak in tone. And it's likely to serve a...

Illinois Senate Republicans introduced a legislative package on Thursday designed to strengthen enforcement of protective orders for victims of domestic violence. State Senator Steve McClure introduce...

Volunteer registration has begun for this year's Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS. Country Financial is again sponsoring the volunteer program for the PGA-sanctioned professional golf tou...

Leland Grove Police Chief Dan Ryan has been placed on administrative leave after his arrest early Thursday on initial charges of domestic battery and driving under the influence. According to Illinois...