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Will Stevenson

Will is the host of the WTAX Morning Newswatch, and is also the Editor-in-Chief of CapitolCityNow.com. He has won numerous awards from the Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Illinois Associated Press, and Illinois Broadcasters Association for his work over the past nearly 25 years. He has more than three decades of experience as a broadcaster.

Crime
3 months ago
2 Illinois State University students among 6 injured in shooting near campus

Responding officers found six people – two male juveniles, two men, and two women who had been shot.

Health & Wellness
3 months ago
Croke: Despite close vote, mental health referendum brought people together

Croke: It was a true bipartisan effort to get the referendum passed.

Marc Bell
Local
3 months ago
Democrat Bell back in election race for Sangamon County Sheriff

Despite withdrawal before the primary, Bell still got almost 12,000 votes because his name was still on the ballot.

Lindsey Prather, 43, was arrested this week on child sexual abuse-related allegations.
Crime
3 months ago
Former New Berlin School District employee charged for alleged sex with minor

The alleged incidents happened on or before April, 2025.

Faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield took what they called a "practice" walk around the quad Thursday in anticipation of needing to do so for a strike.
Education
3 months ago
UIS tenure-track faculty vote to authorize strike

The strike authorization vote came Thursday at the same time the University of Illinois Board of Trustees was holding their monthly board meeting in the UIS Student Union.

Fire
Local
3 months ago
Fire destroys Grandview home that police say was used by homeless

Police: Home had otherwise been abandoned.

Springfield resident Don Tracy announced a run for Sen. Dick Durbin's seat, during the 2026 election.
Local
3 months ago
Tracy: Elect me, and make Illinois a ‘two-party state’ again

Don Tracy thinks one Democrat seat in the Senate, and one Republican seat, is a good idea.

Local
3 months ago
Crouch defeats Timm in Republican primary for Sheriff

Timm says he’s pleased he took the “high road,” while Crouch says Timm is not “the most horrible person in the world.”

A portrait Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza was unveiled at Wild Rose Artisans Gallery and Boutique in Springfield -- the owner of which created the painting.
Local
4 months ago
Comptroller sees special portrait she commissioned from Springfield business

The painting also includes monarch butterflies, and several of Mendoza’s favorite and lucky numbers.

Local
4 months ago
On the primary ballot: Proposed mental health board and funding for services

Funding won’t just benefit schools, it will benefit adults and children alike, say supporters.

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