Public citizen Rod Blagojevich seems to have gotten caught up in combating COVID-19. First he penned his thoughts on how Gov.

Laura Camp is more familiar than most with the sacrifices of the "hospital heroes" on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19.

These are strange and unusual times as we wait out the deadly coronavirus and shelter at home.

Springfield police responded to a call of shots fired in the 1300 block of E. Capitol Ave. early Saturday morning.

Sangamon County public health officials reported the county's third death related to COVID-19.

While African-Americans make up just less than 15 percent of Illinois' population, they account for approximately 43 percent of the state's 596 COVID-19 fatalities and 28 percent of its 17,887 confirmed cases, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

At this time of year, we are usually involved in spring activities, planning family gatherings, looking forward to spending time at our various churches, synagogues, mosques, and attending Easter festivities.

Severe thunderstorms, fed by warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, are expected to pound Texas Saturday and begin pushing eastward, setting up the likelihood of damaging hail, winds and tornadoes for a large part of the Southeast by Easter.

A week after President Donald Trump warned of a "very deadly period" ahead for America, U.S. coronavirus deaths neared 19,000 on Saturday morning, close to surpassing Italy in the most fatalities worldwide.    Meanwhile, more than 2,000 people in the U.S. died of coronavirus on Friday, a new daily high in the nation's fight against COVID-19.