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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
6 hours ago
IL plan could create tax credits for independent grocery stores, pharmacies

Effort to eliminate pharmacy, grocery deserts in Illinois.

Storm clouds over Springfield, IL.
Local
1 day 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
1 day 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
1 day 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
1 day 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.

Pope Leo
IL State News
1 day ago
Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a US general election

The Vatican confirmed Friday that the Chicago-born pontiff had submitted a mail-in ballot in the city ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, citing his long-standing belief in civic participation.

Chicago Bears defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons (99) puts his helmet on during NFL football practice, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sports
1 day ago
Acquiring Jeffery Simmons like ‘Christmas morning’ for the Chicago Bears

The addition of Simmons inserts a game-wrecker into the middle of what had been a questionable defensive line in Chicago.

Major League Baseball
Sports
1 day ago
Astros hire Randy Flores as general manager. Former pitcher had been assistant GM with Cardinals

The former major league pitcher joined the Cardinals’ front office as director of scouting in 2015 and spent eight seasons (2019-26) as an assistant GM with the club.

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