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Will Stevenson

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

This chair from Ford's Theatre has been donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum by Gordon McCray.
History
1 month ago
Ford’s Theatre chair obtained by ALPLM

The chair was donated by a now-retired Wake Forest University dean who bought it at a charity auction in the 1980’s.

Brian Grove
Crime
1 month ago
Former cop from Taylorville arrested for alleged child porn possession

Police say Grove is a former Secretary of State Police officer, and the husband of a Taylorville Police officer.

Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly, right, helps break ground on a new K-9 training facility in Pawnee, along with Lisa Hennigh, Deputy Director of Construction at the Capital Development Board, and Col. Chris Owen, ISP Division of Patrol.
Local
1 month ago
For the best boys: State Police breaks ground on new K-9 training facility in Pawnee

The new facility is expected to have larger office space, more training space, and up to 20 kennels in it for dogs who will be staying there.

Ambulance
Local
1 month ago
Victim identified in fatal Springfield motorcycle accident

Coroner: Charles Laughlin, 58, died from multiple blunt force injuries.

Crime
1 month ago
Crime of the Week: Help solve recent downtown arson

The fire ignited in a storage room on the 7th floor of the building.

An artists' rendition of potential BOS Center expansion plans under legislation introduced by State Sen. Doris Turner, during a news conference Tuesday, April 2.
Local
1 month ago
City Council concerns remain over Turner’s ‘Capital Area Tourism Authority Act’

Alderman Roy Williams tried this week to get a resolution on the agenda he says will make sure the council is at the forefront of Senate Bill 3499.

State Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) spoke at a rally for striking University of Springfield faculty union members Wednesday, April 8.
Local
1 month ago
Another lawmaker rallies with striking UIS faculty

IFT official: Pay raise offer for staff, faulty is “demoralizing.”

Springfield Police say these items were recovered after a suspected break-in to Scheel's Sunday night, as well as through the use of search warrants.
Crime
1 month ago
Five arrested after burglary to Scheel’s, search of home; 14 guns recovered

Drugs, stolen and other guns, and thousands in case recovered.

Residents fill the Sangamon County Board room Tuesday, Feb. 11, with many opposed to a proposed data center in the county.
Local
1 month ago
Sangamon County data center returns to County Board discussion Tuesday night

The Sangamon County Board tabled the proposal several weeks ago.

Left to Right: Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Lincoln Land Community College President Charlotte Warren, and Matthew Hart of the Illinois Trucking Association
Education
1 month ago
Federal money to help Lincoln Land Community College’s veteran-served trucking program

$77,000 will help veterans pay for their educations in trucking.