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he Illinois Department of Transportation announced Monday that six major projects in the Springfield area are planned or underway and represent a total investment of nearly $103 million. The projects are part of the Rebuild Illinois capital program.

Wonders if GOP will deliver something she can support

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has released the name of the 60-year-old woman who passed away following a motor vehicle accident on Saturday night along Illinois State Route 97 in Menard County. 

The Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Illinois Product Farmers Market will begin with “Opening Day” at the Market, Thursday, May 16 from 3:30 –7 p.m. at The Shed on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

As Grant Middle School faculty continue to voice concerns about rising threats and violence – and a seeming lack of consequences – about two dozen teachers took the day off Friday.

How long can Illinois’ aging prisons last? State corrections officials don’t want to find out, while the union and Downstate lawmakers don’t want the prisons closed for even one day.

U study involved Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Public health, police funding, domestic violence programs are priorities

A billboard along Interstate 55 in Springfield is part of a campaign to recruit police officers to Nashville.

“A mother’s love is like a tree, providing shade, shelter, and sustenance to her children.”