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Will Stevenson

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

The Chicks sang at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 2024.
Entertainment
1 week ago
The Chicks to headline Illinois State Fair grandstand

The Chicks will play the next to the last day of the fair.

Dathan Powell (center, in green), chair of UIS United Faulty, speaks as the results of a strike authorization vote were made public Thursday, March 19.
Education
1 week ago
UIS faculty: Use of AI also a concern in contract talks

Tenure-track faculty want protections regarding the use of AI.

Crime
1 week 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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.”