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The sun sets on the press box of the Lion’s Field football stadium at Carterville High School on March 3, 2026, in Carterville, Illinois. (Photo by Lylee Gibbs)
Crime
3 weeks ago
Carterville school employee placed on leave for sexual abuse over a year after FBI received tip

Sheriff says the case sat dormant for 15 months due to lack of evidence, on-the-record statements.

FILE - Chicago Bears middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds looks on during an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 2, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
Sports
3 weeks ago
Bears release linebacker Tremaine Edmunds after granting him permission to seek trade

The 27-year-old Edmunds was entering the final season of a four-year, $72 million contract he signed in 2023.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton and former President Barack Obama attend the Public Homegoing Service for Reverend Jesse Jackson at the House of Hope in Chicago, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
3 weeks ago
After a president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family gathers for a private homegoing

“I foresee tomorrow will represent everything that Rev. Jackson stood for,” said the Rev. Chauncey D. Brown, a pastor to a Chicago-area church and mentee of Jackson’s.

FILE - Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
National
3 weeks ago
Faith leaders push for access to ICE detention centers during Lent and Ramadan

“In systems that are made to break them, it is very important that they not only get that care, but they also get adequate care with someone that can help them make meaning of their situation by bringing God,” chaplain Nosayba Mahmoud said.

Local
3 weeks ago
Minimum wage? Keep it up, says Pritzker

A new proposal would raise it to $27 by 2032.

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Local
3 weeks ago
It’s easier to follow CapitolCityNow on Google News. Here’s how

Using Google Preferred makes it easier to get our news any time you want it.

Sean Grayson
Crime
3 weeks ago
Hearing on Grayson’s sentence reduction request delayed

Attorneys: Grayson couldn’t attend due to cancer treatments.

Sean Grayson's new Sangamon County Jail mugshot
Crime
3 weeks ago
Former Sangamon County deputy who killed unarmed woman undergoing cancer treatment

Sean Grayson’s medical needs prompt request to delay hearing.

An example of the envelope mailed to eligible Illinois residents notifying them that their medical debt has been eliminated. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas)
IL State News
3 weeks ago
‘I didn’t believe it’: Illinois, Cook County wipe out $2B in medical debt for pennies on dollar

Programs help over 1 million residents, but lawmakers debate whether future funding will be there.

The police department in Carlyle, Illinois, as seen on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Beth Hundsdorfer)
Crime
3 weeks ago
Feds accuse former Carlyle police chief of wire fraud, theft

Federal prosecutors allege that he used public money for personal expenses.

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