Stop the presses. Free Press Coffee House will permanently close its 916 South Grand Ave.

A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for Sangamon County and the area until early Wednesday morning.

Disruptions to health care and lack of food from COVID-19 are likely to cost the lives of at least 250,000 babies and young children and more than 10,000 mothers in low- and moderate-income countries over the next six months, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

The state's hospital bed usage by COVID-19 patients ticked slightly upward Tuesday as the Illinois Department of Public Health announced another 725 confirmed cases and 23 COVID-19-related deaths.

The Kidzeum of Health and Science, a children's museum that opened downtown Springfield in July 2018, has entered a period of "extended closure" that could last for several months.

A resident of Cedarhurst of Springfield who was infected with coronavirus has died, officials said Tuesday.

It was the asteroid after all.

Researchers have discovered a swine flu virus in Chinese pigs that may be able to jump to humans and are sounding the alarm for another potential pandemic as international public health experts still struggle to contain the coronavirus.

A California woman was gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park after approaching too closely to try to take a photo, the second incident in less than six weeks between a visitor and one of the park's iconic hulking animals.