Depression
Health & Wellness
2 months ago
As clocks fall back, seasonal depression rises: What you need to know about SAD

Experts warn of increased symptoms as daylight saving time ends and sunlight wanes.

The Scheel's Sports Done, from June, 2025
Local
2 months ago
Premiering Friday … Scheels Sports Park

Softball tournament inaugurates dome during “soft opening.”

Amanda Meyer celebrates successfully beating cancer.
Health & Wellness
2 months ago
Springfield nurse says a mammogram saved her life, stresses importance of early detection

Amanda Meyer discovered the breast cancer during a routine mammogram.

The clinic also seeks to challenge misconceptions — such as the idea that eating disorders affect only young women.
Health & Wellness
2 months ago
New clinic brings specialized eating disorder treatment to central Illinois

Champaign native and therapist opens region’s only eating disorder-focused center outside Chicago.

Health & Wellness
2 months ago
A BEACON of hope

Fire chief: “It’s a practical, common-sense solution to make our city safer and our response more effective.”

Ann Gillespie, a former state senator who is now the state’s insurance department director, is pictured at a news conference with Gov. JB Pritzker and others in 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Health & Wellness
2 months ago
State-based health insurance marketplace opens amid federal budget stalemate

Consumers likely to see premium hikes; many expected to drop coverage.

Health & Wellness
2 months ago
Spotlight on stroke awareness: BEFAST

Recognizing a stroke early can save a life.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner, in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Health & Wellness
3 months ago
Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

Among them are governors of the most populous blue states, California and New York, and several governors who are considered possible 2028 presidential candidates, including California’s Gavin Newsom, Illinois’ JB Pritzker and Maryland’s Moore.

Agriculture
3 months ago
SNAP changes leave a bitter taste

Advocate says the “Big Beautiful Bill” shifts major costs to the state.

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