Anne Vogel, regional EPA administrator, visits the Pillsbury site recently.
Local
9 hours ago
Demolition to begin this month at Pillsbury site in Springfield

The demolition will include 160 silos and 500,000 square feet of buildings.

Rob Vickery, Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, speaks at a grand opening ceremony in the Monarch Youth Center's multi-purpose room.
Local
23 hours ago
A new approach to juvenile corrections opens in Lincoln

“The young people that we serve have experienced a lot; they have experienced loss, trauma, abuse, heartache, poverty, discrimination, and much more.  They’re also incredibly resilient and strong, intelligent and funny, and loving.  These kids are worth our investment — this investment.”

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Education
1 day ago
Trump administration files complaint over Illinois laws allowing in-state tuition, scholarships for undocumented students

This comes less than a month after Pritzker signed a plan into law to ensure any student living in the state can be considered for financial aid options.

This man is suspected of assaulting a local bus passenger.
Crime
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Crime of the Week: Help needed identifying suspect in bus battery

A man is accused of getting on a bus and of beating a passenger.

History
24 hours ago
Walk into history Oct. 5

An influential Lutheran pastor is one of seven Oak Ridge Cemetery denizens featured in annual cemetery walk.

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Elkhart coal mine closed after CWLP moves contract to another company

CWLP shifted business away to another mine in 2024.

Education
7 days ago
Community college bachelor’s degree idea is not dead

Guv: Demand is greater than supply for some specialties.

Local
2 days 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.”

Students of St. John Berchmans' school hold items often linked to Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIV, before Mass at Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
IL State News
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A wildly popular 15-year-old computer whiz is becoming the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint

In the lead-up to Acutis’ canonization on Sunday, it’s all Acutis, all the time at the Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish and school in Chicago.

Janet Gooch is the Chancellor of the University of Illinois Springfield.
Local
10 hours ago
UIS chancellor named to special NCAA committee

The university says in a news release Janet Gooch will serve on the NCAA Committee on Access, Opportunity, and Impact.