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David Butt talks to an employee of ImpactLife in Springfield.
Local
1 month ago
Blood donor’s consistency helps save lives across central Illinois

Butt’s consistency will soon land him in the National Blood Donor Hall of Fame later this year.

Illinois lawmakers are advancing legislation to impose more regulation and control over pharmacy benefit managers, firms that negotiate and manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurance plans. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Local
1 month ago
New Illinois law improves electronic prescription standards

Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) said a local surgeon told him Illinois needs to allow more types of prescriptions to be electronically transferred from one pharmacy to another.

Culex Mosquito
Local
1 month ago
State: First human case of West Nile Virus reported this season

50 Illinois counties have reported West Nile Virus activity so far this year.

One of the "DOGtors on Call" at Springfield Memorial Hospital.
Local
1 month ago
Meet the ‘DOGtors’ bringing comfort to Springfield Memorial Hospital

The Springfield Memorial Foundation helped pay for the program’s certification expenses.

Organ donation
Local
1 month ago
The importance, and emotion, of organ donation

Officials say even if you may not think you can donate an organ, register anyway.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), right, speaks with Kirby Winn, spokesperson for ImpactLife blood centers.
Local
1 month ago
Durbin touts need for blood donations, even in the summer months, during Springfield ImpactLife stop

Is the blood supply always in “crisis?” Maybe, says local doctor.

Local
2 months ago
‘Street medicine’ has arrived in Springfield

A four-woman team treats the local homeless.

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers former pitcher Tommy John praises his late friend, Dr. Frank Jobe during a memorial service at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Sports
2 months ago
Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83

He pitched for Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees, the California Angels and the Oakland Athletics.

Bishop Thomas John Paproclki spoke to reporters in May, 2025.
Local
2 months ago
Springfield Bishop Paprocki joins federal lawsuit opposing medically-assisted suicide

The group says the new law abandons what the lawsuit calls “nearly two millennia of medical practice.”

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