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Side profile of a man with gray hair speaking into a microphone at a wooden lectern; a sign behind him reads 'No unauthorized personnel beyond this point'
Local
2 months ago
DSI emphasizes residents over tourists

Director says locals provide long-term gain, while tourism is seasonal.

Assorted sports gear on green grass: soccer ball, tennis rackets, a yellow helmet, a baseball/football, gloves, shoes, a shuttlecock, and headphones scattered together.
Business
2 months ago
Plans for IL Sports Hall of Fame

It could open at Scheels Sports Park in 2028.

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center (File photo by Whitney Curtis for ProPublica & Capitol News Illinois)
IL State News
2 months ago
State to lay off hundreds at troubled southern Illinois mental health facility

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to reduce patient population, staff amid operational changes.

Blue police barrier with white stencil text: 'POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS' and 'CHICAGO POLICE DEPT'; police cars in background indicating a crime scene or checkpoint.
Crime
2 months ago
How the lighthearted social media trend of ‘teen takeovers’ took a serious turn

Over the July 4 holiday weekend, several thousand young people converged in two spots in Raleigh, North Carolina, police said.

WNBA
IL State News
2 months ago
WNBA to add an NBA-style replay center next season in a major officiating investment

Engelbert said that a lot of the details on the replay center still need to be worked out, although she said, as of now, the last two-minute report that the NBA has won’t be used in the WNBA yet.

FILE - The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Sports
2 months ago
An emotional Jonquel Jones wins WNBA All-Star MVP, dedicates honor to late aunt

“My aunt meant a lot to me, she was one of the matriarchs in our family,” Jones said.

Paris, France - Dec 28, 2024: A person flipping through Time magazine, featuring Caitlin Clark as Athlete of the Year with a basketball, alongside the CEO of the Year page.
Sports
2 months ago
Caitlin Clark’s whirlwind All-Star weekend: Meeting Obama, then lighting up the game

This was Clark’s first traditional All-Star Game; she missed last year’s in Indianapolis because she was injured.

Jen Boyer, after 14 years at Springfield Clinic, is now chief nursing executive at Memorial Health.
Local
2 months ago
Boyer feels at ‘home’ as Memorial Health’s Chief Nursing Executive

Jen Boyer is Chief Nursing Executive and Senior Vice President at Memorial Health.

Taylorville's water tower
Local
2 months ago
Many Taylorville business owners opposed to revitalization plan

Taylorville Mayor Bruce Barry said the project is both necessary and beneficial to the city.

The Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Ogle County, Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
2 months ago
These 9 Illinois communities say they’re interested in new nuclear facilities

The state lifted its moratorium on new nuclear facilities, but development could still be decades away.

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