Labor Day parade canceled due to COVID-19

Depending on where you look, there's been quite a lot of action (or inaction) on the development front in Springfield.

An out-of-town developer's request for $3.15 million in tax-increment financing funds for a long-stalled redevelopment of three historic downtown buildings was tabled by members of the Springfield City Council Tuesday night.

Don Carley was sworn in as the newest member of the Rochester board of education at a special meeting Tuesday.

Two co-founders of a local advocacy group were traveling to Kenosha, Wisconsin Wednesday where protesters have taken to the streets over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man.

A three-year-old Springfield Police believe was the victim of an accidental shooting late Tuesday afternoon was home with a relative at the time.

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The death of a resident of Auburn Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in his 90s had brought to 39 the number of people in Sangamon County who have died with COVID-19.The man had tested positive for the virus on Aug. 19, the Sangamon County Department of Public Health said Wednesday.

For three nights, violent protests have torn through Kenosha, Wis., after a police officer shot Jacob Blake from behind at close range while he was getting in a vehicle.

Players had been discussing boycotting games in the bubble after the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.