The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to combine 10 lawsuits challenging indoor dining bans across the state with existing cases in Sangamon County that raise the same legal questions.

The Springfield Park District board voted Wednesday to rename a near north side park after Otis B.

The American Association of University Women Springfield Branch, the Junior League of Springfield and the Springfield Alumni Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are teaming up to sponsor a food drive on Dec. 5.It will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the Junior League Headquarters in the Prevention First Building, 2800 Montvale Drive.

Eight more central Illinois residents with coronavirus died, local health departments reported Tuesday night and Wednesday.

District 186 parents and guardians will need to make a learning model preference for students for the second semester.

With new COVID-19 restrictions going into effect Friday, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is again closing.

With Fire Chief Allen Reyne's surprise announcement that he will retire on Dec. 1, attention now turns to who Mayor Jim Langfelder may pick to replace him.

COVID-19 is once again the third leading cause of death in Illinois as the disease makes a resurgence predicted by health care professionals earlier this year.

New COVID-19 cases are down, but deaths are way up the Illinois Department of Public Health said Wednesday.