District 186 school board president Scott McFarland has started a new job as the executive director of Missouri's Community Service Commission.

A new residential subdivision that would include 94 residential housing units could be coming to the city's far west side.

Sangamon County Clerk Don Gray said Wednesday that incorrect change-of-polling-place notices were sent to 3,809 households but corrected letters are being mailed.

Sangamon County officials Wednesday reported 70 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 3,577, with 62 deaths.

The Carlinville City Council has set a special meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday to pick a successor to Mayor Deanna Demuzio's who died Tuesday.

A Sangamon County grand jury indicted a city teen Wednesday in the Sept. 7 shooting of Gary T. Broomfield of Springfield.

PEORIA - Candidates seeking to represent the 18th Congressional District can agree on one thing - constituents are the crux of why they want to serve.

Sacred Heart-Griffin High School placed first in all nine events, and in the process secured its fourth straight Girls City Swimming and Diving Meet title on Tuesday night at Eisenhower Pool.

The Illinois High School Association salvaged at least regional and sectional meets for this season and it starts with regionals on Saturday.