Category Archives: Local News

The City of Springfield has released the list of warming centers for the upcoming winter weather season. The locations will serve as warming centers during normal business hours and include Lincoln Li...

Illinois Department of Transportation workers are preparing for winter and asking you to do the same before getting behind the wheel. IDOT's annual winter weather driving campaign, "Winter Weather - G...

The Springfield School District 186 board on Monday reviewed the proposed tax levy for the coming year totaling more than 129 million dollars. The proposed levy is 4.56 percent above last year's tax e...

About 60 people became new United States citizens on Monday in a ceremony at the Old State Capitol. U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless administered the Oath of Allegiance during the naturalization ce...

Walnut Street in Springfield is closed between Edwards Street and Williams Boulevard for sewer main repairs. Work is expected to continue through Wednesday.

Springfield is making the new Women's Pro Baseball League a league of their own. The WPBL announced on Monday that its inaugural season in 2026 will be played entirely at Robin Roberts Stadium. Operat...

A former Springfield Police sergeant has pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence for a crash just hours after his retirement in September 2024. Michael Egan entered a blind plea of gu...

A Decatur man died Friday afternoon after being electrocuted at the Constellation Energy power plant in Clinton. DeWitt County Coroner Randy Rice said 29-year-old Samuel Ward was pronounced dead at th...

Northbound lanes of MacArthur Boulevard will be reduced between Reynolds Street and Calhoun Avenue beginning today for water main replacement. City Water, Light and Power says the work is expected to ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched a probe last week into the conduct of one of U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth's aides, who is accused of misrepresenting himself to visit a Staunton resta...