Category Archives: Local News

A Springfield auto dealership is celebrating 60 years in business, all operated by three generations of the same family. Friendly Chevrolet held a celebration on Tuesday at its showroom on Prairie Cro...

Unemployment in the Springfield area rose four-tenths of a percentage point to 4.3 percent in September according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Secur...

The IHSA has approved an amendment that will expand the football playoffs from 256 teams to 384 teams. The number of classes will remain the same but the number of teams in each class will move from 3...

Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will raise one and a half billion dollars annually for public transit. Capitol News Illinois reports most of the funding will go to the Chic...

The results are in and according to preliminary numbers hunters in Illinois harvested 81,225 deer during the seven-day 2025 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 7. Comparatively, hunters h...

Illinois residents who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace now have until December 31st to select a plan for coverage that takes effect January 1st. Capitol News Illinois repor...

A Springfield man is charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking for allegedly attacking an Uber driver last month. Springfield Police reported on Monday that 24-year-old Hezekiah Glenn was arrested o...

Three local agencies have been awarded 2 million dollars in state grant money to support their efforts to reduce homelessness. The Home Illinois funding is being directed toward permanent housing prog...

The Illinois Court of Claims has now gone digital. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that starting Monday December,15th all filings with the Court of Claims will be submitted thr...

State Senator Doris Turner is touting her diligent work in getting the "Sonya Massey law" passed. Turner in a press release, let it be known that the law which requires law enforcement agencies to con...