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Fruits and vegetables are pictured at a County Market grocery store in Springfield. The items are eligible for purchase under the federal SNAP program. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Local
1 day ago
IL plan could create tax credits for independent grocery stores, pharmacies

Effort to eliminate pharmacy, grocery deserts in Illinois.

The Lincoln Tower tenant organization holds a recent meeting inside the building's club room.
Local
1 day ago
Springfield voters to weigh in on landlord registry and licensing program

Bankhead said she has also talked to a lot of residents who have come home to notes from the city saying the property is going to be condemned.

Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray speaks to Capitol News Illinois in February. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Local
1 day ago
Ready, set, vote!

14,000 mail voters and 8,000 early voters represent increases over 2022 midterm.

Local
1 day ago
UIS’ Redfield foresees another Democratic sweep

Republican voters may ask, “Why bother?”

Storm clouds over Springfield, IL.
Local
2 days ago
IL bill could provide grant funding to counties recovering from intense summer storms

The plan would allow IEMA to create emergency rules for a grant program with money from the budget stabilization fund. Local governments in Alexander, Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Kane, Lake, LaSalle, Marshall, McLean, Pulaski, Tazewell, Vermilion, and Will counties would be eligible for relief funds.

Logan County Sheriff's Department
Local
2 days ago
Logan County Sheriff’s Office violated teen victim’s rights, Illinois AG finds

WAND News contacted Logan County Sheriff Mark Landers for an interview. He declined to speak on camera but said his office takes sexual assault reports seriously and treats victims with respect.

Kyong Suk Kipilla owned massage parlors in Cahokia Heights starting around 2009. Following federal charges she was forced to sell, and her son now owns three. (Molly Parker, Southern Illinois Source)
Crime
2 days ago
Massage parlor where woman died in fire tied to prostitution

The parlor’s longtime operator has been arrested numerous times on prostitution-related charges.

The Rose Spa on Poplar Street in Harrisburg is among the five parlors investigators searched in June 2024; the business has since reopened under new ownership. (Julia Rendleman for Southern Illinois Source)
Crime
2 days ago
2 sentenced in southern Illinois massage prostitution ring

The defendants each received 24-month sentences for their role in operating illicit massage businesses in southern Illinois and Indiana.

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