Will Stevenson

WTAX Morning Newswatch Host & CapitolCityNow.com Editor-in-Chief

Bob Fioretti, attorney and former Chicago alderman, is running for Illinois Attorney General as a Republican.
IL State News
3 months ago
Former Chicago alderman to run for Illinois Attorney General

Fioretti says he is opposed to the lawsuits the state has filed or been part of regarding various moves and decisions by the Trump administration.

Police lights
Crime
3 months ago
Coroner says human skull recently found in Springfield creek

Discovery made September 20 near Toronto Road.

gas pump
Local
3 months ago
Gas prices decline in Illinois last week

Gas prices in Springfield are, mostly, lower than the state average.

Local
3 months ago
House exploded Friday in Jacksonville

Two people taken from the home were taken to a Springfield hospital.

Samuel Britz (file)
Crime
3 months ago
Man allegedly flees, but is still convicted of sexual assault of a minor

Samuel Britz allegedly fled to Chicago, but was still convicted of a series of sexual assaults starting in 2018.

Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputies and other law enforcement responded to a triple-homicide Thursday in the 3000 block of Hoover Ave.
Crime
3 months ago
Three people dead following Springfield shooting

Three confirmed dead, officials say it’s an “active investigation.”

Troy Walker faces a host of drug and other charges after an investigation led by Springfield Police.
Crime
3 months ago
Man arrested for illegal drugs and guns following investigation

Found: cash, drugs, stolen guns, a stolen off-road vehicle.

Deer in the woods.
Local
3 months ago
Chronic Wasting Disease notification system to debut statewide

Chronic wasting disease is a fatal disease in the central nervous system of deer and elk.

Rod White, 57, is charged with first degree murder October 6, 2025.
Crime
3 months ago
Man charged with Monday murder ordered to remain jailed

Rod White, 57, will be back in court October 16.

Rod White, 57, is charged with first degree murder October 6, 2025.
Crime
3 months ago
Springfield man charged with murder for Monday shooting death

The shooting happened Monday, October 6, on E. Kansas St.

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