Category Archives: Local News
Don Gray to Run for Third Term as County Clerk
Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray has announced he is running for a third term in the office. Gray made the announcement on Tuesday on social media. Gray is a Republican from Springfield. His announcemen...
Sep 24, 2025 Photo Courtesy of X/Twitter
IDPH Issues Fall Vaccine Guidance
The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued fall vaccine guidance that urges residents to follow traditional vaccine schedules. The state guidance moves away from new federal guidance and also...
Sep 24, 2025 NIAID / CC
Ex-GOP nominee for AG Tom DeVore temporarily loses law license over inappropriate client relationship
Former Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore is pictured at the Illinois State Fair in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) Article Summary Tom DeVore, who unsuc...
Sep 23, 2025
Pritzker directs agencies to limit spending in response to Trump’s economic policies
Gov. JB Pritzker sings a bill at the Illinois AFL-CIO in Springfield on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) Article Summary JB Pritzker signed an executive order re...
Sep 23, 2025
DeVore to Have Law License Suspended for 60 Days
Southern Illinois lawyer Tom DeVore, who rose to prominence filing dozens of lawsuits against Gov. JB Pritzker's administration during the COVID-19 pandemic before losing as the GOP candidate for Atto...
Sep 23, 2025 Photo Courtesy of X/Twitter
Pritzker Signs Executive Order Directing 4% Budget Cuts
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed an executive order that directs state agencies to identify up to 4% of Fiscal Year 2026 General Funds appropriations to reserve. Pritzker said the reason for t...
Sep 23, 2025
8 Players Ejected in 4th Quarter of Springfield High vs Southeast Football Game
Fireworks at the end of Monday's continuation of the Springfield High vs Southeast football game led to 8 students getting ejected during the fourth quarter. The ejections came after an altercation on...
Sep 23, 2025 33ft / Depositphotos.com
First Springfield Community Connection Coming September 29th
Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher is gearing up for the first of many Springfield Community Connections. The events will feature Mayor Buscher, the Alderperson of the ward as well senior staff from key ...
Sep 23, 2025 Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher speaks at the 2025 State of Greater Springfield, May 20 2025
Sherman Mayor Revokes Comcast Work Permits
Sherman Mayor Trevor Clatfelter said he has revoked all work permits for Comcast after numerous reports of damage to public and private property, including utility and sewer lines. Clatfelter told vil...
Sep 23, 2025 Photo Courtesy of X/Twitter
Illinois declined to give sensitive voter data to the DOJ. Some GOP states are doing the same
The Indiana Capitol sits in the heart of Indianapolis in 2024. Indiana was the first known state to hand over sensitive personal information as part of a 2025 request from the U.S. Department of Justi...
Sep 22, 2025