PEORIA - Service appears to be returning to Comcast customers across Illinois and surrounding states this afternoon.

Springfield Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield will lead a "Rosary for Peace and Respect for Life" at noon on Wednesday.

The City of Springfield Office of Public Works announced that the intersection of Schrader Avenue and Midland Court will be closed for road repairs on Wednesday.

About 50 people were in place for the start of Black Lives Matter protest at the Illinois Capitol Building Wednesday.

Illinois tax collections fell another $341 million in May as the state continued to grapple with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

When Secretary of State Jesse White reopened offices this week, he became the first of the statewide elected officials to fully reopen since the state began shutting down operations in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Karen Whitney, the president emerita of Clarion University in Pennsylvania who recently served as interim chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, was named interim chancellor at the University of Illinois Springfield Wednesday.

A fire that broke out at a popular east side nightclub early Monday morning is now an arson investigation, said the city's fire marshal, Ed Canny Jr. Wednesday.

Ten of Illinois' 11 community based COVID-19 testing sites reopened Wednesday after temporary closures amid statewide unrest and protests.