WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 10,376 new COVID-19 cases Friday, another record for daily new cases.

Vele Italian Restaurant completed its westward migration and began serving up its coastal Italian cuisine from its new home at 3241 W.

Downtown shoppers and diners now have a place to get out of the cold, thanks to a new heated tent in the 400 block of Adams Street.

Several recent acts of vandalism involving micropantries at Lanphier High School and Harvard Park Baptist Church have left members of the group Springfield Families Helping Families frustrated but undeterred.

Election experts have warned it might take days or even weeks after Election Day for an outcome in the presidential election and other races because of the deluge of mail-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Nonprofit organizations in Sangamon and Menard counties can apply for grants from the Springfield Area Arts Council.

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.

Everyone's playing the waiting game - and trying to get answers.