Illinois reports 12,542 new COVID-19 cases

Sangamon County public health officials reported five additional COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday, offering a grim reminder that the virus is still widespread across the community despite a promising decline in the seven-day-average for new cases after it peaked in mid-November.

A Waverly man is being held in the Christian County jail in Taylorville after stabbing his mother's domestic companion along a roadway in Owaneco Saturday.

As Jim Allmon was being sworn in as Sangamon County Coroner Tuesday, he found his mind drifting back to his former boss, Cinda Edwards.

A 13-year-old removed from a Decatur house fire who died at HSHS St. John's Pediatric ICU on Monday has been identified.

Lee Korty of Rochester came out to the AIDS memorial and labyrinth in Lincoln Park on World AIDS Day Tuesday to remember several friends and in particular one good friend named "Paul.

Springfield business owners and residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic could soon receive a much-needed respite from their utility bills.

A Springfield alderman unsuccessfully sought the removal of a newspaper reporter from city council chambers Tuesday evening, arguing that the reporter was violating his social distance.

Music has a magic all its own, and audiences can benefit from its charms this weekend with live streamed events.

Republican lawmakers on Monday renewed calls for a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing into the cause of a coronavirus outbreak at the state-run veterans home in LaSalle where about 20 percent of the residents have died of COVID-19 related illnesses.