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Local
7 months ago
Rally for summer pay

A bill would allow school support staff to apply for unemployment.

Board member Sarah Blissett listens as board member Micah Miller makes a point at a school board meeting Feb. 18, 2026.
Local
7 months ago
D-186 board member is frustrated with finance info

Miller: “It’s just bond, bond, bond.”

Grief in children
Local
7 months ago
Children’s Grief Camp in Springfield next month

The camp, hosted by Staab Funeral Home, has been held for more than a decade.

Lindsey Prather, 43, was arrested this week on child sexual abuse-related allegations.
Crime
7 months ago
New Berlin woman pleads not guilty to sex abuse charges

Prather is charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material and Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse.

Dathan Powell (center, in green), chair of UIS United Faulty, speaks as the results of a strike authorization vote were made public Thursday, March 19.
Education
7 months ago
UIS faculty: Use of AI also a concern in contract talks

Tenure-track faculty want protections regarding the use of AI.

Education
7 months ago
UIS to offer degree in engineering technology

“The data suggests there is about a 4-to-1 gap in jobs in engineering technology versus graduates in the surrounding four-state region.”

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine students learn where they will be "matching" in the medical field next year.
Education
7 months ago
SIU Med students make the perfect match

“I think we’re really proud of our students. Because we know that they have been prepared to critically think, to be emotionally intelligent, and to really embrace what it means to be a physician,” said McDowell.

State Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet is the lead sponsor of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Young Voter Empowerment Act requiring high schools to offer voter registration. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
7 months ago
Proposed bill would require Illinois high schools to offer voter registration

Named after the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, the act aims to increase youth voter registration.

Faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield took what they called a "practice" walk around the quad Thursday in anticipation of needing to do so for a strike.
Education
7 months ago
UIS tenure-track faculty vote to authorize strike

The strike authorization vote came Thursday at the same time the University of Illinois Board of Trustees was holding their monthly board meeting in the UIS Student Union.

Local
7 months ago
Voters endorse two referenda

An increased sales tax will fund a county mental health board, while Ball-Chatham school district property owners will pay higher taxes to fix up schools.

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