Mayor selects Blough as new Springfield fire chief

COVID-19 restrictions won't be eased in any part of the state for the next several weeks even if a region shows improvement in controlling the virus, Gov.

A Springfield restaurant that had its food permit pulled by the Sangamon County Department of Public Health has permanently closed, according to a Facebook posting.

The Taylorville Police Department is helping out persons who lost items in an apartment complex fire in the 2100 block of Grand Boulevard Wednesday.

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Over five days beginning on Thanksgiving, central Illinois officials reported 21 new COVID-19-related deaths.

As a little girl, Erica Austin said her first shopping experience was at the Mini O'Beirne Crisis Nursery Children's Holiday Store.

Tammi Kuhn, a former Ball-Chatham School District administrator who led an aggressive fight against colon cancer, died Sunday.

Another 6,190 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 were reported in Illinois Monday as the state moved away from the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

The first Associated Press men's college basketball poll of the regular season remained steady at the top.