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Chatham library
Local
12 months ago
Chatham voters to decide on ballot measure to cover library repairs

The library has struggled with water leaks for years.

Local
12 months ago
City does little to refute censorship allegations

City comms director: I can’t be expected to respond immediately during council meeting

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Education
12 months ago
Raoul joins motion to block dismantling of U.S. Education Department

The coalition of Democratic attorneys general are seeking a preliminary injunction to block the mass firing of half the agency’s employees, which Trump ordered March 11, as well as the transfer of student loan management and special education services to other federal agencies.

Robert Butcher
Crime
12 months ago
Pleasant Plains man arrested in fatal New Berlin hit-and-run

He has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal traffic crash, a Class 1 felony.

White Jeep at crash scene
Crime
12 months ago
Dashcam video shows attempted traffic stop and crash scene in downtown Springfield

One person was trapped inside, and another was underneath the vehicle.

IL State News
12 months ago
Anti-abortion forces rally at Capitol

Bishop: Counterdemonstrators need prayer, too.

Local
12 months ago
UPDATE: Sangamon County Coroner releases identity of hit-and-run victim on I-72 exit

Preliminary autopsy findings suggest she died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a pedestrian vs car incident.

Native American feathers
IL State News
12 months ago
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

The action returns to the Potawatomi territory in the same area that was ceded to Chief Shab-eh-nay in a treaty with the U.S. government in 1829.

Police lights
Local
12 months ago
UPDATE: Sangamon County Coroner IDs woman found in burning vehicle near Glenarm

Authorities said the vehicle is registered to an address in Springfield.

Clarence Smith
Crime
12 months ago
Springfield bar shooting: Suspect with homicide history arrested after argument turns violent

The sheriff’s office reports Smith has prior arrests for drugs, assault and homicide. He remains in the Sangamon County Jail.