Eleven new cases of COVID-19 reported in Sangamon County Tuesday include an employee and resident at The Villas East nursing home in Sherman, and an employee at the Centennial Pointe Assisted Living in Springfield.

A discussion over whether to allocate nearly $100,000 in tax-increment financing to upgrade elevators at the St.

Pritzker announces grant program to jump-start capital projects

Springfield School District 186 is providing several opportunities for its graduating seniors, it announced Monday.

Secretary of State Jesse White's office said Tuesday it is in the process of examining days when the office can reopen, including driver services facilities that have been closed since mid-March.

Three of the state's four regions are on track to move to Phase 3 of reopening the economy by the end of the month, Gov.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that former President Barack Obama "should have kept his mouth shut" on the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Gregg Garfield was in the hospital due to coronavirus for 64 days. For 31 of those days, he was on a ventilator.

Weeks ahead of schedule, the hurricane season's first tropical system could develop near Florida and the Bahamas this weekend, forecasters said Tuesday.