Section: Local

Bills also advance for AED training in high schools; workplace pregnancy

The Springfield City Council has approved a new ward map as it’s supposed to every ten years to reflect the latest census.

Some people attending a public meeting at the Capitol today were asked to leave a packed hearing room

The mayor, in a letter to aldermen, said the contract for the parts store will go through the city’s standard bidding process.

At least one issue in an on-going investigation involving former Ball-Chatham Superintendent Robert Gillum has been resolved

They want the state’s voters to weigh in on whether the state’s five percent personal income tax should be permanent.

An Illinois lawmaker set to face trial on federal bribery charges is asking to postpone the proceeding so he can finish out the legislative session.

Nearly 700 pints of blood from Glenwood High students, parents, and neighbors were donated during this year’s Blood Challenge resulting in a $1,000 scholarship from Springfield Clinic.

A Macon County Sheriff’s Office employee has been arrested and charged with official misconduct.

The Republican nominee for governor is against the way the budgeting process has been handled in the General Assembly, but he isn’t offering an alternative plan.