Crime
1 year ago
Canadian sentenced to more than four years in prison for fraud scheme in Central Illinois

The scam involved calls to the elderly portraying themselves as young, loved ones who had been arrested and needed money for bond or a lawyer.

Local
1 year ago
Transit heads again ask state for funding help, reject proposals for oversight reform

Despite some recovery since COVID, agencies face ‘fiscal cliff’ as pandemic funding runs dry

ALPLM
History
1 year ago
ALPLM earns Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award

More than 4,000 Tripadvisor users have rated ALPLM as “excellent”. 

Illinois State Fair
Local
1 year ago
Trams return for 2024 Illinois State Fair

The free trams will run each day of the fair thanks to IL Corn Growers Association

Electric bus
Business
1 year ago
Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in eight states including Illinois

Fiat Chrysler will receive nearly $335 million to convert an idled assembly plant in Illinois to assemble electric vehicles.

Gov. JB Pritzker
Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Pritzker signs law banning health insurance companies’ ‘predatory tactics,’ including step therapy

Pritzker says the law blocks “predatory tactics to make an extra dime”

Kurt Kabat
Obituaries
1 year ago
Kurt A. Kabat

MARCH 20, 1949 – JULY 6, 2024 Kurt Alan Kabat, 75, of Springfield, went […]

Sylvia A. Brinkoetter
Obituaries
1 year ago
Sylvia A. Brinkoetter

1934 – 2024 She was born on January 4, 1934, in Jasper County, IL, […]

Sr. Patricia Stark, OP
Obituaries
1 year ago
Sr. Patricia Stark, OP

Springfield Dominican Sister Patricia Stark died July 8, 2024, at Sacred Heart Convent, during […]