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3 weeks ago
Brad Cole to retire from IL Municipal League

Rockford mayor Tom McNamara will succeed him.

Springfield Police Department shield
Local
3 weeks ago
SPD: Zero tolerance on guns

Officers seized nine weapons and made eight arrests in seven hours late Saturday and early Sunday.

Link -- Friends of Sangamon County Animal Control Dog of the Week
Pet of the Week
3 weeks ago
Meet Link — Friends of SCAC Dog of the Week

Active, energetic, and friendly…everything you want in a young Lab.

NOAA/NWS slide titled "Today’s Severe Weather Outlook" showing Left: Key Points about enhanced risk, timing and storm motion; Right: color-coded SPC Day 1 map of central U.S. with risk levels 1–3 (green, yellow, orange) and a legend; date July 27, 2026, 11:06 AM CDT; logos for NOAA/NWS Lincoln, IL.
Local
3 weeks ago
High winds possible

Tornado threat is “not zero.”

Local
3 weeks ago
SNAP discussion

It’s difficult to find opportunities to fulfill work requirements.

Side profile of a man with gray hair speaking into a microphone at a wooden lectern; a sign behind him reads 'No unauthorized personnel beyond this point'
Local
3 weeks ago
DSI emphasizes residents over tourists

Director says locals provide long-term gain, while tourism is seasonal.

Assorted sports gear on green grass: soccer ball, tennis rackets, a yellow helmet, a baseball/football, gloves, shoes, a shuttlecock, and headphones scattered together.
Business
3 weeks ago
Plans for IL Sports Hall of Fame

It could open at Scheels Sports Park in 2028.

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center (File photo by Whitney Curtis for ProPublica & Capitol News Illinois)
IL State News
4 weeks ago
State to lay off hundreds at troubled southern Illinois mental health facility

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to reduce patient population, staff amid operational changes.

Blue police barrier with white stencil text: 'POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS' and 'CHICAGO POLICE DEPT'; police cars in background indicating a crime scene or checkpoint.
Crime
4 weeks ago
How the lighthearted social media trend of ‘teen takeovers’ took a serious turn

Over the July 4 holiday weekend, several thousand young people converged in two spots in Raleigh, North Carolina, police said.

Jen Boyer, after 14 years at Springfield Clinic, is now chief nursing executive at Memorial Health.
Local
4 weeks ago
Boyer feels at ‘home’ as Memorial Health’s Chief Nursing Executive

Jen Boyer is Chief Nursing Executive and Senior Vice President at Memorial Health.

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