Category Archives: Local News

The man convicted of attempted first-degree murder for shooting an Illinois State Trooper in Springfield in 2023 has been sentenced to 95 years in prison. Judge Ryan Cadigan sentenced 40-year-old Cris...

The underground parking garage gates at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site are now fully automated with a 20-dollar reduction in the monthly parking cost to 65 dollars. The Illinois Department ...

Unemployment in Illinois in January was up slightly from December and from a year earlier to 4.9 percent according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Secu...

Tenure-track faculty at University of Illinois Springfield are on strike. The UIS United Faculty union announced the strike began at 12:01 a.m. Friday after months of negotiations failed to produce a ...

Rochester High School and Jr. High were evacuated on Thursday due to a bomb threat that was reported at around 11:40a. The Rochester School District then immediately contacted the police department an...

The April meeting of the Sangamon County Board will again be conducted in the Bank of Springfield Center. The meeting is scheduled to begin on Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock. Public commenters must sign...

Blue pinwheels spinning on the lawn of the HSHS St. John's Hospital Pavilion are in place as the annual reminder that April is Prevent Child Abuse Month. HSHS, state and city leaders planted the pinwh...

Illinois Republicans are calling on their Democrat colleagues and Governor JB Pritzker to work with them on property tax reform. It comes days after the release of a report showing massive property ta...

Illinois State Police Director Brenden Kelly says it will take the agency 18 years to replace its vehicle fleet with their current funding. Capitol News Illinois reports more than 1,000 vehicles have ...

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin was in Springfield Wednesday to announce a total of $1,350,000 in federal funding he secured for Springfield projects through Congressionally Directed Spending in the Fisc...