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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a press conference Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
IL State News
10 months ago
Chicago prepares for an influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents

Details about the operation are scant, but President Donald Trump has amped up the rhetoric about crime in the nation’s third-largest city, saying an immigration crackdown and National Guard deployment are planned despite the objections of local leaders and a federal court ruling that a similar deployment in Los Angeles was illegal.

UIS Athletics
Sports
10 months ago
Cook hired as UIS Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development

Lisa Cook, a native of the Peoria area, came to UIS from Bradley University in Peoria.

TobyMac will perform in Springfield February 7, 2026.
Entertainment
10 months ago
Christian singer TobyMac to perform in Springfield

TobyMac will perform with Crowder and Jeremy Camp.

The World Clydesdale Show will come to Springfield October 1-5.
Local
10 months ago
‘World Clydesdale Show’ to be at State Fairgrounds in October

“The WCS is a celebration of one of the most iconic and beloved horse breeds on the planet,” said a news release.

squad car lights CNI
Crime
10 months ago
Woman shot in Decatur while attending vigil

The woman was attending a vigil for one of several Labor Day weekend shooting victims in Decatur.

Grain bin
Local
10 months ago
Man rescued from grain bin in Nokomis

“Relief cuts” in the grain bin and the moving around of grain helped to rescue the man.

Nate Bargatze will perform at the Bank of Springfield Center February 20, 2026.
Entertainment
10 months ago
Comedian Nate Bargatze to perform in Springfield in February

Nate Bargatze performs February 20, 2026.

Local
10 months ago
UPDATED: Ex-alderman responds Ex-mayor: Council should have listened to me on Wyndham

“With the now boarded-up Wyndham hotel and Starbucks,” Langfelder said, “failing to take action in the past was shortsighted and in the long term harmful to downtown.”

The Springfield Public School Board met Tuesday night
Education
10 months ago
CORRECTED: District 186 projects $18M deficit this fiscal year without cuts; board and superintendent to ‘aggressively attack’ budget

Board members: consider cutting schools and programs, and getting input from district employees.

Crime
10 months ago
Governor charges racism in Trump deployment of National Guard

It’s no coincidence that extra policing will come during Mexican Independence Day celebrations, says Pritzker.