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Local
1 week ago
Fair’s best concessions: Golden Abe Awards are a tie

Brisket cheesesteak and Dubai strawberry cup take top honors.

Storm damage can be seen throughout Lansing, Illinois, on Aug. 14, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
1 week ago
Pritzker tours storm damage, signs flood relief bill expanding local Chicago programs

Governor’s approach to disaster relief gets election year criticism.

A boy rides an e-bike in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
National
1 week ago
Kids keep getting hurt and killed on e-bikes. Should parents be held responsible?

New Jersey and Illinois are among the states that have enacted statewide regulations recently, and Massachusetts is weighing measures.

Horizontal view of beluga whale diving and jumping while half is underwater deep ocean 3d rendering
IL State News
1 week ago
Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park

The four whales, named Caspian, Peekachu, Rain and Secord, were the second group of belugas sent to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium from Marineland, in Ontario near Niagara Falls, after an initial four arrived in July.

FILE - American Airlines passenger planes are parked at Miami International Airport, in Miami on July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
IL State News
1 week ago
2 planes with the same flight number avoid possible disaster thanks to quick-thinking controller

Audio of the incident shortly after midnight Friday shows how he found a solution to ensure the planes that were both called American 2482 maintained proper separation as one plane arrived from Chicago shortly after the other had taken off in Phoenix.

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Local
1 week ago
Family represents Springfield and Illinois in unique ‘America 250’ competitions

Two members of the Lasnoski family were winners, even if victory wasn’t the goal.

Special Olympics
Local
2 weeks ago
Special Olympians get some of the Illinois State Fair spotlight with new competition

The first-time event in question will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in the Coliseum, and it’s called the “Sunflower Showmanship Competition.”

Local
2 weeks ago
It’s all about ag at the Illinois State Fair

Farmers’ costs rise. The prices they charge do not.

Local
2 weeks ago
Convicted ‘repeat human smuggler’ pleads guilty to immigration violation

Aureliano Vazquez-Ontiberos, 43, admitted back in May he re-entered the United States illegally.

Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield on Aug. 12, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Local
2 weeks ago
DCFS: ‘Significant miscommunication’ within the agency led to missed court dates

Governor says he’s been assured agency leaders will attend next court date as Capitol News Illinois seeks public records.

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