Category Archives: Local News
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)
Federal Judge Grants Temporary Request to Block National Guard Deployment in Chicago [Update]
A federal Judge has granted a request to temporarily block a National Guard deployment in Chicago, saying the move violates the U.S. Constitution. Judge April Perry ruled that Trump's Deployment of Tr...
Oct 09, 2025
CWLP Receives 1.1 Million Dollar Federal Grant
Springfield's public utility is receiving a 1.1-million-dollar federal grant to upgrade electric infrastructure. The Springfield City Council approved the grant on Tuesday. City Water, Light and Power...
Oct 09, 2025 City Water, Light and Power logo (Credit: CWLP FB)
Springfield Man Arrested for Guns and Drugs Possession
A Springfield man faces drug and weapons charges after a search in the city's Laketown area. Springfield Police arrested 30-year-old Troy Walker on Tuesday after their search turned up four firearms, ...
Oct 09, 2025 SPD Explorer
Resurfacing on Portion of 9th Street Begins Today
Resurfacing begins today on a two-mile stretch of Ninth Street and Peoria Road in Springfield between Madison Street and Sangamon Avenue. The Illinois Department of Transportation said lanes will be c...
Oct 09, 2025 Road work sign
ICE Receiving Closer Scrutiny in the Courts
Immigration action and federal troop deployments in Illinois is receiving closer scrutiny in the courts. Capitol News Illinois reports a federal judge ruled immigration agents violated a court order w...
Oct 09, 2025 Gavel (Credit: Wesley Tingey; UnSplash)
As Trump says Pritzker ‘should be in jail,’ Illinois’ governor taunts: ‘Come and get me’
A cropped screenshot of Gov. JB Pritzker's X account shows his Wednesday MSNBC interview telling President Donald Trump to "Come and get me." (Screenshot from Gov. JB Pritzker's X account) Article Sum...
Oct 08, 2025
Court scrutiny of ICE mounts as judge rules warrantless arrests violated order
People gather outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois on Oct. 4. The facility has become a center for clashes between protestors and immigration officials. (Capi...
Oct 08, 2025
SCOTUS weighs whether Mike Bost can challenge Illinois election laws
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Murphysboro Republican, speaks to reporters in Milwaukee following an event with Illinois Republicans during the Republican National Convention in July 2024. (Capitol News Illin...
Oct 08, 2025
Hearing for Cierra Coker Postponed to November 4th
A pre-trial release hearing yesterday for Cierra Coker was cut short and rescheduled for Nov 4th. Coker has remained in Logan County Jail since her case in the death of 19th month Sophia Davis ended i...
Oct 08, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC