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Doug Thurman, a surgical technologist in the Surgical Services department, received the award.
Local
2 months ago
HSHS St. John’s Hospital announces 2025 Colleague of the Year

Doug Thurman was awarded Colleague of the Month in July.

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2 months ago
Why audio advertising can be more powerful than visual ads

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The headquarters of Commonwealth Edison, one of the state’s largest utilities, is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
2 months ago
ComEd files $15.3 billion grid plan proposal addressing rising demand

Utility watchdogs expressed disappointment, calling the plan ‘bloated’.

Illinois saw a decline in highway shootings and no fatalities in 2025. (Jacques Abou-Rizk, Medill Illinois News Bureau)
Crime
2 months ago
Illinois saw no fatal expressway shootings last year

State Police credit expanded highway camera surveillance system for the decline.

Members of the United States Border Patrol walk out of the Dirksen federal courthouse in Chicago through a sea of reporters and protesters on Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
2 months ago
State investigating landlord of Chicago apartments raided by immigration agents

Reports indicate raid led to no charges or apprehension of violent gang members.

The Citizens Club of Springfield hosted a discussion on mental health and a proposed 708 Mental Health Board.
Local
2 months ago
Citizens Club hosts discussion on county mental health

The commission is pitching the idea of a formation for a county-wide 708 Mental Health Board through a 0.5 percent sales tax increase in Sangamon County.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IL State News
2 months ago
Trump administration tells agencies to compile data on money sent to Democratic states

It asks for a swath of information about money flowing to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia.

This image taken from video shows Michael David McKee walking into the courtroom on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Rockford, Ill. (WIFR News/Pool Photo via AP)
Crime
2 months ago
UPDATE: Illinois surgeon pleads not guilty to the killings of his ex-wife and her dentist husband in Ohio

OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois, where McKee was working at the time of his arrest, declined to provide specific information on the dates of his employment.

IL State News
2 months ago
Judge rules Trump administration must keep funding child care subsidies in 5 states for now

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick extends by two weeks a temporary one issued earlier this month that blocked the federal government from holding back the money from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.

Local
2 months ago
City is planning two roundabouts

Springfield plans at least one more roundabout.

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