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Reed
Crime
2 years ago
Benjamin Reed pleads insanity for murder of DCFS worker

Various psychiatrists had diagnosed Reed with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, cannabis abuse, nicotine dependency, and a personality disorder with antisocial and borderline traits.

Springfield farm on 7/6
Agriculture
2 years ago
Illinois crop progress report

Mother nature provided a week filled with suitable conditions for fieldwork.

woman receiving vaccine
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days

Last fall’s shots targeted a different part of the coronavirus family tree, a strain that’s no longer circulating.

Ring doorbell
Crime
2 years ago
Home security cameras can help local law enforcement

Springfield and Lincoln police now have camera registration programs.

Local
2 years ago
Watchdog: Alternative energy usually a rip-off

CUB: Don’t be deceived, study your bill

Home prices
Business
2 years ago
Cities with the most expensive homes in the Springfield, Illinois metro area

The typical home value in the United States was $360,974 in June, 3.2% higher than the year before.

Crime
2 years ago
Peoria man who threatened to blow up Dept. of Human Services in Springfield sentenced

Klawer threatened the judge and promised to blow up the Department of Human Services if his demands were not met.

Guaranteed Rate Field
Crime
2 years ago
Woman shot at White Sox game sues team and stadium authority

The lawsuit maintains that the White Sox and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority failed to enforce a stadium prohibition on firearms.

Culex Mosquito
Health & Wellness
2 years ago
IDPH reports first West Nile virus death in the state

The first mosquito batches to test positive for WNV this year were reported May 14 in Cook and Morgan Counties.