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History
4 months ago
Lincoln signs deal for Route 66 Museum location

The museum will be housed in a building once home to a Heartland Bank branch

Health & Wellness
4 months ago
Mattoon re-issues ‘Do Not Drink” order

Issued less than two days after the previous order was officially lifted

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi speaks to Capitol News Illinois during an interview at a health clinic in Petersburg on July 11, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
4 months ago
Economic mobility top priority of Krishnamoorthi’s Senate campaign

Suburban Democrat boasts national security experience in race with other top Dems

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IL State News
4 months ago
New study uses cutting-edge modeling to rethink how romantic relationships evolve

Christine M. Proulx, Amy J. Rauer, and H. Cailyn Ratliff analyze five major relationship theories: enduring dynamics, emergent distress, gradual disillusionment, vulnerability-stress-adaptation, and relational turbulence.

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Business
4 months ago
New weekend anchor hired at NewsChannel 20

Carly Siegel is an Illinois native

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Crime
4 months ago
Oreana man arrested for sexual abuse, grooming, and child porn

Richard Boline allegedly tried to meet a teenager for sex

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Local
4 months ago
Farmers’ market vouchers can be used by seniors again, but no new vouchers are being issued yet

Vouchers issued last week can now be used, but AgeLinc says they can’t issue any new vouchers at the moment

Euell James speaks last week at a news conference in Springfield announcing an end to the measles outbreak this year in Southern Illinois.
Health & Wellness
4 months ago
The story of one man’s battle with measles

A local man spoke last week at a Springfield news conference regarding the Southern Illinois measles outbreak

Gov. JB Pritzker issued his third executive order this year on Monday, which requires certain state agencies to draft plans to respond to federal tariffs. (Screenshot of executive order filing with Illinois Secretary of State)
IL State News
4 months ago
Pritzker signs executive order responding to impact of tariffs on Illinois

Requires state agencies to draft plans to mitigate effects of tariffs on their responsibilities

Former Commonwealth Edison executive John Hooker walks out of Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Monday, July 14, after being sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison and a $500,000 fine for his role in bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
4 months ago
John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison

Hooker, co-defendants, were convicted for roles in bribing ex-Speaker Madigan

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