The first COVID-19-related death in Menard County was reported Friday, as the state also listed the county as among 17 at a warning level for cononavirus.

The Sangamon County Department of Public Health is offering influenza immunizations to the public starting Tuesday at the department headquarters, 2833 South Grand Ave.

Eighty-two-year-old Ron Greenfield of Springfield earlier this week joked that he was "carried in" as a member of Elliott Avenue Baptist Church.

A 26-year-old woman sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle while riding her bicycle Friday afternoon.

Deanie Brown of Springfield begins Nov. 2 as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the judicial branch of Illinois government, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced Friday.

Federally Qualified Health Centers in Illinois and other health facilities that have been on the front lines in the state's battle against COVID-19 are in line to receive $140 million in grants to help them maintain operations.

Opponents of the graduated income tax amendment blasted the Pritzker administration Friday after Lt.

I was at the beach with my family when my brother Austin called. His schedule at Georgetown Law School had prevented him from joining us.

When the doorbell rang, I put down the knife and the broccoli and went to see. Expecting to find a child at the threshold, I was not disappointed.