The state will buy the former Vibra hospital in Springfield to use as an alternate care facility should area hospitals run out of space to treat coronavirus patients.

The state will buy Vibra hospital in Springfield to use as an Alternate Care Facility should area hospitals run out of space to treat coronavirus patients.

Seven more people tested positive for coronavirus in Sangamon County, officials said Friday, but none of those newly identified people were hospitalized.

MADISON, Wis. - The 18-year-old man arrested in the slayings of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband is known to the family, police said Friday.

Former U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren has been tapped as the new president and CEO of the Illinois Bankers Association.

President Donald Trump is criticizing 3M over N95 respirator masks as the company revealed demand is "much higher" than its ability to make them during the coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Thursday that many Americans reeling from the financial impacts caused by the coronavirus outbreak can expect to see their one-time stimulus checks of up to $1,200 show up in their bank accounts in about two weeks.

For weeks, officials from the White House told people that wearing a face mask in public isn't necessary as the novel coronavirus spread - and that it could even cause more harm than good.

To get an unemployment check, you first have to apply. And that's a problem for many people right now.