BRADFORD -On Election Day afternoon, Kassie King received a phone call at her office desk at an auction house in the small Stark County town of Toulon.

In a shocking announcement, Springfield Fire Chief Allen Reyne informed the city's aldermen Tuesday that he plans to retire at the end of the month.

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A Sangamon County judge Tuesday granted the Sangamon County Department of Public Health a temporary restraining order against four Springfield restaurants operating with food permits that were suspended earlier this week.

Health officials Tuesday reported five deaths of people with coronavirus in central Illinois - three in Christian County, one in Sangamon County and another in Morgan County.

Illinois continued to show five-figure increases in new COVID-19 cases Tuesday with an additional 12,601 confirmed and probable cases.

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PEORIA - The Illinois High School Association will have its Thursday meeting without anyone in attendance from the governor's office or the Illinois Department of Public Health.