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Beni Harmony
Local
4 hours ago
Beni Harmony goes to The White House

Beni Harmony has taken a job with the Trump Administration.

Woman receiving mammogram
Local
1 day ago
Memorial Health offers free mammograms to uninsured and underinsured women and men in October

The Springfield Memorial Foundation covers the cost of the mammograms for eligible patients.

Downtown Springfield with Capitol in the distance
Local
2 days ago
Business moves in and around downtown

The Railyard changes hands, books replace flowers, and Bus Stop moves across the street.

An inmate stands before a judge.
Local
3 days ago
UIS Illinois Innocence Project marks 25 years of work on wrongful convictions

The project works with undergraduate students at UIS, who receive training in evaluating potential wrongful-conviction cases and present their findings to the legal team. A wrongful-conviction course is also offered every semester at UIS.

Build Springfield
Local
3 days ago
Build Springfield event returns for fourth year in Springfield

The event is free and open to the public. Residents will have an opportunity to meet representatives from city agencies, learn about community resources and participate in activities for the entire family.

A screen shot of the dash camera video of Lt. Andrew Henton's squad car before it hit a pedestrian September 24, 2026.
Local
3 days ago
Video appears to support cop’s failure-to-yield accident

A pedestrian’s injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.

A data center in Elk Grove Village is pictured. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
3 days ago
Report: New data centers could create more than 120K Illinois jobs, though mostly temporary

Energy, environmental advocates remain skeptical data centers will provide significant, lasting benefits.

Six 1-ounce and 20 100-gram gold bars valued at just over $318,000 pictured before the victim packaged them at the direction of “Kevin Jones” and handed them over in the Marion Walmart parking lot. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; Homeland Security Investigations affidavit filed in federal court, Photo by Soph Levinson, Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
Crime
3 days ago
Marion woman duped out of $318K in elaborate gold-bar scheme

The scammers planned for a second $272K drop, telling her to hand over the gold to a federal agent who would give the code word ‘poker queen.’ This time, she called their bluff.

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