Category Archives: Local News
IDOT Announces Repair Project at I-72 and 6th Street Interchange to Begin Oct 14th
IDOT has announced that a repair project at the interchange of I-72 and 6th Street will begin on Tuesday October 14th. IDOT expects the project to be completed within two weeks. However, the project w...
Oct 10, 2025
Springfield Man Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing 11 Year Old
A Springfield man has been found guilty of sexually abusing a girl from his neighborhood for two years beginning in 2018 when she was 11 years old. A Sangamon County jury convicted 56-year-old Samuel ...
Oct 10, 2025 jail cell (Credit: ABC)
Fall Festival, Frankenstein, Flannel and Fizz for The Weekender for October 10, 2025
Now that it actually feels like fall, these events will be even more fun this weekend. New Salem Candelight Walk Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site.. 5pm - 7:30pm ...
Oct 10, 2025 CITAlliance / Depositphotos.com
Gas Prices in the Midwest Holding Steady
Gasoline prices in the Midwest remained steady over the past week according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The average price of regular fuel in the Midwest last week was $2.93. Triple-...
Oct 10, 2025 Gas pump (Credit: Marek Studinski; UnSplash)
Federal Authorities in Chicago Area Ordered Not to Arrest or Interfere with Protesters or Journalists
Federal authorities in the Chicago area are being ordered not to arrest or interfere with people protesting the Trump administration's immigration crackdown or the journalists covering them. Capitol N...
Oct 10, 2025 Gavel (Credit: Tingey Injury Law Firm ; UnSplash)
Judge calls feds ‘unreliable,’ temporarily blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois
A group of people in military fatigues walks into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Thursday, Oct. 9. National Guard troops were deployed to the facility earlier in the d...
Oct 10, 2025
French tech company announces new headquarters at Chicago quantum research park
Gov. JB Pritzker announces the latest tenant for Chicago's quantum research park on Thursday, Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty) Article Summary French quantum computing company...
Oct 09, 2025
Judge grants restraining order protecting protesters, journalists in Chicago-area clashes
A few dozen protestors and reporters gathered outside an immigration enforcement facility in Broadview on Saturday, Oct. 4. The facility has become a focal point of protest since ICE officials expande...
Oct 09, 2025
Judge grants restraining order protecting protesters, journalists in Chicago-area clashes
A few dozen protestors and reporters gathered outside an immigration enforcement facility in Broadview on Saturday, Oct. 4. The facility has become a focal point of protest since ICE officials expande...
Oct 09, 2025
Sangamon County Sheriff's Office Investigating a Shooting
Three people are dead after a report of a shooting Thursday afternoon in the Cabbage Patch neighborhood of unincorporated Springfield. Sangamon County Sheriff's deputies responded after 2:30 to a repo...
Oct 09, 2025 police tape and lights (Credit: ABC News)