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Students with the Illinois Prevention Network at the Capitol on Wednesday pushing bills aimed at drug regulation and reduction. (Medill Illinois News Bureau, courtesy of Kate Bell, Illinois Prevention Network)
IL State News
1 week ago
High schoolers flood state Capitol to advocate for drug abuse prevention bills

Proposals include regulating kratom, lowering the legal blood-alcohol content for driving to 0.05.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol walks back from the mound after making a pitching change during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Mets Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Sports
1 week ago
Cardinals extend manager Oliver Marmol through 2028, with a club option for 2029

The deal includes a club option for 2029, the club said.

Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner hits during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Sports
1 week ago
It’s an OPS world in today’s major leagues with batting average in the background

The significance of batting average has been in decline for years, replaced by on-base percentage and slugging percentage, along with the OPS metric that combines the two.

The casket of the Rev. Jesse Jackson is carried to the South Carolina Statehouse, where he will lie in state, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, Pool)
National
1 week ago
Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

The final full honors from the state where he was born is a far cry from his childhood in segregated Greenville, where in 1960 he couldn’t go inside the local library’s much better funded whites-only branch to check out a book he needed.

Local
1 week ago
Proposal could line the NEST for new moms

Medicaid-edligible mothers would get $4,500 if IL copies MI program.

Horace Mann building
Business
1 week ago
Horace Mann increases quarterly shareholder dividend

This represents an indicated annual dividend of $1.44 per share payable on March 31, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 17, 2026.

Angela Locke was appointed as mayor of Moweaqua Saturday, March 2.
Local
1 week ago
New mayor appointed in Moweaqua after former mayor resigns amid budget controversy

During a special meeting Saturday, Angela Locke was appointed acting mayor by the board.

This machine outside the Christian County Health Department contains overdose treatment supplies.
Local
1 week ago
New vending machine offers lifesaving overdose prevention supplies in Taylorville

The vending machine offers Narcan and fentanyl test strips for free, along with other public health and safety items, most of which are free, according to the health department.

A sample envelope that will be provided to drivers with Autism.
Local
1 week ago
Springfield Police launch Blue Envelope Program to help drivers with Autism

The program is designed to foster positive interactions between police and people on the autism spectrum.

Attorneys Michelle García of the ACLU of Illinois and Mark Fleming of the National Immigrant Justice Center answer reporter questions on Feb. 27, 2026, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
1 week ago
Judge orders release of dozens of immigrants detained illegally by ICE in Chicago

Cases where arrests came using blank warrants remain under review by appeals court.

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