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Crime
1 month ago
UPDATE: One dead, one injured, after Springfield east side shooting

Police are still investigating.

An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Local
1 month ago
Pritzker signs major energy reform bill amid projected shortages

Environmental, labor and consumer rights activists celebrate passage.

Education
1 month ago
U of I President to step down in 2027

University of Illinois Systems President, Tim Killeen, to step down in 2027

State Sen. Darren Bailey appears at a news conference alongside law enforcement officers during his 2022 campaign for governor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
1 month ago
Bailey lays out campaign ‘Blueprint’

GOP guv candidate says Pritzker should quit obsessing over Trump and start caring about Illinoisans.

A bullet hole is seen in the windshield as law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
Local
1 month ago
Pritzker: Minnesota woman posed no threat

Governor says the agents are not trained for the job.

Quantorius Courtney
Crime
1 month ago
Man out on pretrial release arrested after home shot up in Jacksonville

No one was hurt in the shooting. 

High School Girls Basketball
Sports
1 month ago
Illinois Girls High School Basketball Poll

Look here for the AP Girls Basketball polls in Classes 1A-4A!

High School Boys Basketball
Sports
1 month ago
Illinois Boys High School Basketball Poll

Look here for the AP Boys Basketball polls in Classes 1A-4A!

FILE - St. Louis Blues goalie Glenn Hall, top right, is pinned to his net waiting to make a save on a Montreal Canadians shot as Blues' Noel Picard (4) tries to block the puck while Canadiens' John Ferguson (22) and Ralph Backstorm wait for a rebound in the third period of their NHL hockey Stanley Cup game, May 5, 1968. (AP Photo/Fred Waters, File)
Sports
1 month ago
Glenn Hall, whose NHL goalie starts streak may never be broken, dies at age 94

A pioneer of the butterfly style of goaltending of dropping to his knees, Hall backstopped Chicago to the Stanley Cup in 1961.

Illinois is six months away from having a new state agency responsible for early childhood education programs.
Local
1 month ago
IL Department of Early Childhood to officially launch this summer

Recommendations to consolidate early childhood programs into one state agency first surfaced five years ago.

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