Category Archives: Local News

Hours after Illinois lawmakers failed to approve a stadium incentives structure aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker acknowledged that the team may take a deal to build...

Illinois House Speaker Emmanuel "Chris" Welch said that not only were the votes not there for a stadium authority package, but there was also not enough initial support in the House for a downtown Spr...

A 77-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash Monday in Springfield. Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allmon, can confirm the man was transported by EMS to HSHS St. John's Hospital, after sustaining injuri...

Illinois lawmakers passed a fiscal year 2027 budget of nearly $56 billion in the pre-dawn hours on Monday. The Senate approved the budget 37-21 followed by a 76-39 House approval after 4 a.m. Democrat...

An economic development package for downtown Springfield passed the Senate on Sunday night but was not called for a vote in the House. The bill advanced by State Senator Doris Turner would create the ...

Legislation aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in the state of Illinois stalled on the final day of the spring legislative session. The so-called "megaprojects" bill approved late Sunday in the Senate...

State lawmakers passed a measure banning students from using cell phones in schools. The measure was a legislative priority of Governor JB Pritzker, who released a statement after passage saying, "Eve...

Bills expanding privacy for abortion medical records and access to birth control services passed in the final days of the General Assembly's spring session. One bill is an initiative from the governor...

The number of nonfarm jobs decline by about 1,700 in Springfield over the year in April according to numbers released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Emplo...

A Springfield woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for causing a fatal crash in 2023. Associate Judge Rudolph Braud on Thursday sentenced 32-year-old Marina Rhone. She pleaded guilty in Marc...