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Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder has called for an emergency city council meeting Wednesday evening to discuss COVID-19 and the state mitigation measures that went into effect Sunday, which include the suspension of indoor dining and bar service.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. across Illinois Tuesday - giving voters their last chance to make their choices known in this year's elections.

Springfield School District 186 has come up with a modified proposal that would offer a 10 to 15 game schedule for boys and girls basketball teams beginning in January.

The Illinois Department of Public Health applied COVID-19 mitigations including Region 3, which includes Springfield and much of west-central Illinois, as of Nov. 1.

Illinois reported 6,222 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, the second day that new cases dropped from the record 7,899 reported Saturday.

Kodi Smith of Taylorville has been selected as the University of Illinois Springfield recipient of the Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

People in Sangamon County who experience any incidents or problems with voting on Election Day should report such issues to the Sangamon County Clerk's election office at (217) 753-8683.

PEORIA - Basketball has turned into a political football kicked back and forth between Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association.