The offices of Sangamon County announced mid-Tuesday morning that starting this current week, a community survey focused on mental health is set to begin arriving in randomly selected mailboxes across the county. The county has noted that the survey is being conducted as part of the ongoing work of the newly establishe...

Trade groups say mandates could strain hospitals with fewer health care workers available By GRACE FRIEDMAN Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Health care unions continue to rally for legislation to address understaffing they say strains hospitals and threatens both patient safety...

The Illinois Department of Insurance has begun its third annual consumer education campaign highlighting mental health parity during this month of May - which is, of course, Mental Health Awareness Month. The Department continues its work to raise awareness about mental health parity laws, which require that insurance ...

Each year, the American Water Works Association marks the first full week of May as Drinking Water Week. Taking place this year from Sunday, May 4 to Saturday the 10th, the special week is designed to raise public awareness of the important work done by water professionals to maintain water systems and create water saf...

A Springfield man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to several burglaries of vehicles. Springfield Police said 34-year-old Christian Halberstadt was connected in January to 11 burglaries and thefts of tools from vehicles in hotel parking lots along South Dirksen Parkway. Police said Halbers...

ISP Director says cause of the accident that killed 4 may be a medical emergency By JADE AUBREY Capitol News Illinois jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois State Police released preliminary toxicology results that showed no drugs or alcohol in the system of a driver who crashed into a central Illinoi...

Mendoza blasts state policies that 'give more rights to criminals' By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Nine Illinois police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2024 were honored at a ceremony in Springfield Thursday. The Illinois Peace Officers Mem...

The Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allmon, announced on Thursday that his office had identified the skeletal remains found on April 18, 2025, in a wooded area near the 1700 block of North Milton Avenue in Grandview. Jeremy Register, 36, of Virden, was scientifically identified, and their next of kin has been notified. Th...

The Illinois State Police offered new information and details regarding the fatal crash in Chatham this past Monday in a Thursday press conference. They noted that the investigation remains ongoing and that the ISP will continue to work with the Sangamon County State's Attorney's Office. ​ISP reported that the initia...

Civic, business and government leaders from Morgan and Sangamon counties joined Swift Current Energy officials on Wednesday afternoon in Auburn to cut a symbolic ribbon for what the company bills as the largest operating solar energy project east of the Mississippi River. The Double Black Diamond Solar project is based...