Category Archives: Local News
Scheels Sports Park Plans Soft Opening this Weekend
SCHEELS Sports Park at Legacy Pointe in Springfield has planned its official soft opening for this weekend. Admission will be free to the Midwest Open Indoor Archery Tournament and a vendor fair featu...
Dec 09, 2025 Mayor Buscher with dome at SCHEELS Sprots Park in Springfield in background (Credit: Greg Halbleib; WMAY)
Sangamon County Board Public Health Committee Doesn't Consider Three Massage Parlors Applications
The Sangamon County Board public health committee last week did not consider applications from three massage parlors due to a lack of a second. Committee member Marc Ayers told the State Journal-Regis...
Dec 08, 2025 AllaSerebrina / Depositphotos.com
Jacksonville Center for the Arts Receives One-Million-Dollar Pledge
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts has received a one-million-dollar pledge for the purchase and restoration of the Illinois Theater. Catherine Horn Randall said the pledge is in honor of her late h...
Dec 08, 2025 3dconceptsman / Depositphotos.com
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport Wins American Airlines' Customer Cup Award
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport has received an award from one of the airlines serving the Springfield facility. American Airlines awarded its Customer Cup Award to SPI for the second quarter of 2025....
Dec 08, 2025
State Board of Education Working on Plan to Improve K-12 Math Skills
The Illinois State Board of Education is working on a plan to improve math skills among K-through-12 students. Capitol News Illinois reports the agency is developing what it calls a comprehensive nume...
Dec 08, 2025 johnkwan / Depositphotos.com
CWLP Chief Engineer Brown to Retire
The chief engineer of Springfield public utility City Water, Light and Power has announced he will retire on March 31st to become the president and CEO of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. Doug ...
Dec 05, 2025 City Water, Light and Power logo (Credit: CWLP FB)
Springfield Clinic Now in Network with United Healthcare
As open enrollment for Affordable Care Act marketplace health care plans winds down with two plan providers leaving the marketplace, Springfield Clinic has announced it is now in network with United H...
Dec 05, 2025
SIU School Of Medicine Reaches New Collective Bargaining Agreement
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 370 have announced ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement affectin...
Dec 05, 2025
Boys and Girls Club of Central Illinois Receives $10,000 Grant
The Boys and Girls Club of Central Illinois has received an early Christmas gift as they announced Thursday they have gotten a $10,000 grant to help with academic programs. The grant comes from a nati...
Dec 04, 2025 luckybusiness / Depositphotos.com
Massey Commission Releases Its Final Report
The Massey Commission has released their final report. The commission born out of the shooting death of Sonya Massey by then Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson has held various public forum...
Dec 04, 2025 Massey Commission (Credit: Massey Commission webpage)