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Dave Dahl

Morning news anchor, WTAX

Night scene of a small motel with red neon MOTEL sign and blue VACANCY sign, casting a red glow on the building at dusk.
Local
1 week ago
Alderman: Whose side are the police on when it comes to prostitution?

Williams: Cops help escorts, rather than the motels which are trying to evict them.

Woman in red at a lectern delivering remarks; diverse officials stand behind her at a press conference with a blue curtain backdrop.
Local
1 week ago
State Dems say they have housing solutions

IL Municipal League: Local governments don’t want zoning jurisdiction usurped.

Speaker at a KIND Act press conference, with a podium and a banner that reads KIND Act: Kinship first, families forever, while diverse officials stand nearby and a poster with three kids is displayed to the left.
Local
1 week ago
State is Number One in kinship placements

DCFS celebrates results of the KIND Act.

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
1 week ago
For the Illinois legislature, the end of the 2026 spring session is near

A state budget for FY 27 is the main thing lawmakers want to finish by Sunday night.

Military honor guard presenting folded American flag at gravesite as attendees watch during a memorial ceremony on a sunny day.
Local
1 week ago
‘Every day is Memorial Day at Camp Butler’

Springfield military cemetery is one of fourteen authorized by President Lincoln in 1862.

Rainbow Pride flag waving in the wind against a blue sky with white clouds behind it.
IL State News
2 weeks ago
Lawmaker: IL is a leader in LGBTQ rights

A priority is to ban the use of tax dollars for conversion therapy.

Police scene tape
Crime
2 weeks ago
Crash kills woman, 66

Lincoln police allege DUI.

Speaker in a blue suit and pink tie at a podium with a microphone; a second man in a suit stands behind him on a stage.
IL State News
2 weeks ago
GOP: IL Dems don’t have a revenue problem …

… they have a spending problem.

Speaker at a podium delivering a speech; wearing a navy blazer, teal check shirt, gray bow tie, and a green awareness ribbon, with blue curtains in the background.
Local
2 weeks ago
All these years later, AIDS still a Black ‘epidemic’

Senator calls for equitable funding.

Row of cars parked along a city street, viewed from the curb with buildings in the background.
Local
2 weeks ago
Council doubles fines for parking violations

Ald. Williams is concerned this will drive people away.