Sangamon County reports 27 new COVID-19 cases

The owners of Obed & Isaac's Microbrewery and Eatery plan to open a new barbecue restaurant in the former Free Press Coffee building at the southeast corner of MacArthur Boulevard and South Grand Avenue.

Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin apologized to his colleagues Tuesday for comments he made last week about the demographic makeup of the city's boards and commissions.

The unanimously passed resolution does not mandate direct payments to Asheville residents.

Two teens have been arrested in relation to a shooting of a 16-year-old male in the 3100 block of Butler Street Monday afternoon.

There is a Tornado Warning for South central Sangamon County and Northwestern Christian County until 6:15 p.m. Wednesday.

The Democratic Party of Illinois on Wednesday threw its support to U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., for vice president.

A funnel cloud was spotted in Divernon late Wednesday afternoon, but so far there are no confirmed reports of a touchdown.

Springfield Police are treating the death of a 43-year-old Springfield man as a homicide.

A Sangamon County grand jury indicted Wednesday a Springfield man who has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer.