The 2020 election in Illinois started in earnest Monday, as hundreds began filing for the March 17 primary when the doors of the State Board of Elections opened at 8 a.m. Mary McClellan of Holiday Hills, in McHenry County, and a former county clerk now running as a Republican for a judgeship, said she got in line at 9 a.m. Sunday.

Springfield Police continue to look for the suspect in a bank robbery that occurred Thursday afternoon.

A couple was displaced by a fire at their home in the 1300 block of North 15th Street late Monday morning.

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The Chatham Friends of the Park Light Up the Park Holiday lights display is set to open for its seventh season on Friday.

Six members of the Springfield Fire Department were promoted to different ranks by Fire Chief Allen Reyne in a ceremony at the City Council chambers Monday.

PHILADELPHIA - Springfield's Malik Turner is now on the board.

JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville Routt High School baseball coach Bob Lonergan learned on Friday he was fired from his position, according to reports.

For the 14th year in the 26-year history of the Central State Eight Conference, a league team will be playing for a state title over the Thanksgiving weekend.