FILE-Demolition workers stand outside the former Pillsbury Plant in Springfield in Late-October, 2026.
Local
2 months ago
The Pilsbury Project reaches yet another milestone

Another big milestone for the Pillsbury Project was reached recently. The AB-Mill water tower has officially come down.

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Local
2 months ago
IDNR warns to be cautious using technology while hunting this deer season

Learn how not to break the rules while hunting deer this year, and don’t use A.I. tools to learn about regulations.

FILE - Morgan Geyser appears in a Waukesha County courtroom, Jan. 9, 2025, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, file)
Crime
2 months ago
Wisconsin seeks to block Morgan Geyser’s conditional release after escape from group home

Geyser did not fight her extradition to Wisconsin in a Chicago court appearance Tuesday.

Local
2 months ago
Snow could color the trip home

NWS says perhaps three inches between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.

FILE - A Federal Patrol agent's badge is seen near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
IL State News
2 months ago
Judge’s footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns

The judge noted factual discrepancies between the official narrative about those law enforcement responses and what body camera footage showed.

Springfield Fire Crews were on the scene Wednesday morning for a fire at the Sangamon Towers apartment complex.
Local
2 months ago
Budzinski intervenes in local housing dispute on behalf of low-income residents

Affordable housing advocates say this type of issue could become more common with proposed HUD cuts.

Deep Dish Pumpkin Pie
Holiday Guide
2 months ago
What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza?

For pumpkin pie, one state stood out: Illinois.

The inventor of Lite-Brite and other children's toys has died.
IL State News
2 months ago
Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Meyer died on Oct. 30, said Rebecca Mathis, executive director at King-Bruwaert House, a retirement community in Burr Ridge, Illinois, where he lived.

FILE - The Rev. Jesse Jackson listens to speakers at the Tabernacle Baptist Church during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
IL State News
2 months ago
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorder

A protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the two-time presidential candidate and internationally known founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition was hospitalized Nov. 14.

Agriculture
2 months ago
Deere: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations.

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