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SMTD bus
Local
3 hours ago
SMTD to purchase 19 new buses

Federal grant funds will help pay for all 19 new buses.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
3 hours ago
Judge rules feds can’t block Illinois’ disaster funding in response to immigration laws

State also files new challenge to law blocking Planned Parenthood funding

IL State News
4 hours ago
State to open up ‘Tax Amnesty Program’

Pay back taxes owed between October 1 and November 17.

Dick Durbin at a press conference in his home's backyard in Springfield on April 24, 2025, one day after he announced he would not seek reelection.
Health & Wellness
1 day ago
Durbin warns of government shutdown

On Tylenol and autism, Durbin says the President has “no skill or talent in this area.”

Can you identify this suspect in a recent burglary in Springfield?
Crime
1 day ago
Crime of the Week: Help needed solving recent Springfield burglary

The burglary happened Sept. 16 at Prairie Telecom.

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 2015: Commercial Southwest Airlines jet landing on Chicago Midway Airport. Midway is second largest airport in Chicago, United States.
Local
1 day ago
$12.5 million Federal Grant awarded to Central Illinois Regional Airport

The grant will fund the first phase of CIRA’s upcoming Runway 11/29 Rehabilitation Project.

Lincoln Land Community College
Local
1 day ago
LLCC to feature “Echo” at Trutter Museum and Murray Gallery

The public is invited to view the exhibit weekdays from 8am–4pm September 29–October 31

Local
1 day ago
New 183rd Wing facility is open

Two-building complex houses 183rd Wing civil engineers.

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