A Springfield man has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the Aug. 8 shooting death of Dearius Jones outside of Wet Bar nightclub in downtown Springfield.

The death of another resident at a long-term care facility in Auburn has brought the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in Sangamon County to 40.A woman in her 80s who tested positive for the virus on August 15 is the fourth resident of Auburn Rehabilitation and Health Care Center to succumb to it, Sangamon County public health officials confirmed Friday.

On this week's episode of the Under the Dome Podcast the State Journal-Register's Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates from the Illinois Statehouse and Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At almost every turn at the Republican National Convention, speakers from the president on down portrayed American cities like Portland, Oregon, New York and Chicago as lawless Democratic wastelands that have been overrun with violence, looting and destruction that is forcing residents to flee for safer locales.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer told Congress in comments released Friday.

CHICAGO - A man known for his love of skateboarding, a Texas transplant to the state and a college student acting as a volunteer medic were killed or wounded this week by a 17-year-old gunman amid chaos on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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The judge in Waukegan, Illinois, postponed Kyle Rittenhouse's extradition hearing to Sept. 25 during a brief video conference that was streamed online.