Teachers and staff members from Matheny-Withrow Elementary School are expressing concern to Springfield School District 186 Superintendent Jennifer Gill and school board members about how a positive COVID-19 case was handled at the school recently.

A church, day care center and assisted living center in Montgomery County all have outbreaks of COVID-19, the Christian-Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.

Two city of Springfield employees have tested positive for COVID-19, the city announced Friday.

IDPH reports more testing, higher positivity rateThe Illinois Department of Public Health reported Friday that the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed over the previous 24 hours topped 1,000 for the second straight day while the percentage of tests coming back positive also grew.

Sangamon County officials reported 17 new coronavirus cases Friday - one less than the 18 reported a day earlier - with the total positives in the county during the pandemic growing to 518.None of the newly identified people were hospitalized.

An Illinois group trying to get a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot is not entitled to looser regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

On this week's episode of the Under the Dome Podcast the State Journal-Register's Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates from the Illinois Statehouse and Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the few things unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic's presence in Illinois has been recreational marijuana sales.

The Illinois High School Association has different options available but little time to spare.