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Chicag Cubs' Cade Horton pitches in the rain in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Sports
1 month ago
Cubs’ pitcher Cade Horton will go on injured list after early exit against Guardians

Manager Craig Counsell said Horton will be placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday.

FILE - Washington Mystics' Elena Delle Donne smiles after scoring during a WNBA basketball game against the Chicago Sky Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Sports
1 month ago
Parker, Delle Donne and 1996 US Olympic women’s basketball team set for Hall of Fame enshrinement

Parker won three titles in the WNBA with three teams: Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas.

Illinois State University Redbirds
Sports
1 month ago
Timaya Lewis-Eutsey scores 27 to lead Marshall over Illinois State 66-41 in WNIT title game

Illinois State shot 29.2%, made 3 of 17 from distance and 10 of 12 foul shots.

At a press conference recently in the Springfield Municipal Center, Left to Right: CWLP Water Division Manager Todd LaFountain, Senator Dick Durbin, Mayor Misty Buscher.
Local
1 month ago
Durbin: Earmarks are just fine with me, since they’re helping Springfield

Durbin: If it means improvements, I’ll take earmarks.

Jay Shanle, left, officially takes over as Executive Director of Downtown Springfield, Inc. April 6.
Local
1 month ago
Shanle ready to take over DSI leadership

Shanle spoke to WTAX on Friday.

Members of the UIS United Faculty union went on strike Friday morning, picketing around the UIS quad.
Local
1 month ago
UIS faculty on strike, supported by lawmakers and students

Strike happened despite a 10-hour bargaining session Thursday.

A Kay Jewelers location inside a mall.
Business
1 month ago
Business moves from mall to across the street

Kay Jewelers is on the move from White Oaks Mall.

An example of a "Welcome Home basket" a formerly unhoused person may receive from Heartland Housed.
Local
1 month ago
Heartland Housed launches Welcome Home Basket Initiative

“We hope it’s just reinforcing all of that effort and hard work that they’ve put in to making the big jump that they’ve made,” said Molly McDonald, System Support Administrator at Heartland Housed

The Master's in Public Health Epidemiology class at a health fair in Crown Plaza hotel Friday, March 27, 2026. The students were passing out radon home detection kits to attendees and talking about the dangers of radon exposure.
Health & Wellness
1 month ago
UIS prof, students help Sangamon County learn about dangers of radon

“Unlike carbon monoxide where you might have a detector in your home, there is no detector that’s universally appreciated by people to be checking radon levels,” Madrigal said during an interview.

Christobal Santana
Crime
1 month ago
Man to serve 95 years for shooting state trooper

95 years in prison for Cristobal Sanata.

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