Category Archives: Local News
O'Hare and Midway May See Daily Flight Schedules Reduced by 10%
According to multiple reports Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports look to be some of the 40 airports nationwide that will see their daily flight schedules slashed by 10% due to the ongoing government...
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Springfield Police Arrest Man for Motorcycle Theft
Springfield Police arrested a man for motorcycle theft early Monday morning. Authorities say they received a call around 4:50am on November 3rd for a motorcycle theft at 4660 Ash Grove Dr. In route to...
Nov 06, 2025 A bill passed by lawmakers would add to the crimes that highway camera images could be used to investigate. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Judge orders ICE to clean up conditions in Broadview facility that’s ‘become a prison’
Three men in Customs and Border Protection uniforms stand on the roof of the Broadview immigration facility taking pictures of the surrounding area on Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Ad...
Nov 06, 2025
Two Springfield Men Arrested in Connection with Armed Robbery in Bloomington
Two Springfield men have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a restaurant in Bloomington in December 2024. Bloomington Police said 21-year-old Bradford House and 23-year-old Autrayvi...
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Excavator Used to Demolish Front Half of Home in Petersburg
Petersburg Police say someone entered a parked excavator on Tuesday evening and used it to demolish the front half of a house. Police said the incident occurred between 5:05 and 5:25 Tuesday evening. ...
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IDOC Looking to Make Scanning Prisoners' Mail Permanent
The Illinois Department of Corrections is working to make an emergency rule for scanning prisoners' mail permanent. Capitol News Illinois reports the rule requires incoming mail to be searched for dru...
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Illinois Legislature Passes "Medical Aid in Dying" Bill
The Illinois legislature passed a - quote - 'medical aid in dying' - bill, but it's not certain if Governor JB Pritzker will sign it. Capitol News Illinois reports state lawmakers passed a bill last w...
Nov 06, 2025 Anesthesia equipment is seen in an operating room at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 13, 2019. Picture taken May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Rosem Morton
Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach Sending Medical Supplies to Jamaica
Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach is sending medical supplies and beds today from its Springfield warehouse to hurricane-ravaged Jamaica. A 40-foot shipping container with the requested supplies is sc...
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Inmate families, advocates speak against mail scanning program
Illinois Department of Corrections Director Latoya Hughes listens during a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, on a proposed administrative rule allowing the agency to scan inmates' incoming mail to...
Nov 05, 2025
Legislature passes ‘medical aid in dying’ bill that governor says he will review
State Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, sponsored a bill that would legalize medical aid in dying in Illinois, which still must be signed by the governor to become law. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerr...
Nov 05, 2025