Five Illinoisans who made a significant impact on the history of the state and nation have been inducted into The Lincoln Academy of Illinois Hall of Fame.
Pritzker administration officials urged Illinoisans to reconsider their Thanksgiving holiday plans as new cases of COVID-19 continued to threaten medical facilities' abilities to cope with it.
Judith Johnson, the longest-tenured member of the Springfield District 186 school board, said she did not intend to run for the Subdistrict 6 seat in April's consolidated election.
Public health officials in central Illinois reported 10 deaths linked to coronavirus Monday, as Sangamon County officials reported 680 new cases of COVID-19 over three days.
The number of Springfield firefighters quarantined as a result of a COVID-19 outbreak has dropped dramatically and two engines sidelined because of personnel are in operation again, Chief Allen Reyne said Monday.
A School District 186 board member said that weekly testing of students, teachers and staff members for COVID-19 might be a more reasonable approach for getting students back to the classrooms for the second semester.
Sacred Heart-Griffin High School graduate Nick Broeker earned the Southeastern Conference Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week award after the University of Mississippi defeated South Carolina 59-42 on Saturday in Oxford, Mississippi.
