The president of Illinois College in Jacksonville is putting out her hand to potential transfer students from cross-town MacMurray College.

Two people who were shot outside a duplex on Springfield's southwest side Saturday afternoon are now in stable condition and the injuries are not life-threatening, according to Springfield Police.

City Water, Light & Power crews are in the area of Greencastle Circle in Springfield Sunday evening doing some pole replacements needed due to wind damage.

Normally at this time of year, state lawmakers would be spending at least three days a week in session in Springfield working their way through the thousands of bills introduced to address issues big and small in the state.

The PrideFest and Parade set for downtown Springfield on May 10 was canceled last week.

Illinois is reporting 1,105 new COVID-19 cases with 18 additional deaths. That brings the total number of cases to 4,596.

  Rukmini Roy, a 25-year-old student in the third of her four years at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, said that the feared spread of COVID-19 got in the way of weeks of electives, where she would have been working with doctors with various areas of expertise.

Springfield kindergartner Madison Fortin got a shout-out from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for her part in encouraging social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marilyn McCoy of Springfield admitted she has used a micropantry in the 400 block of South Fifth Street "probably more than I should" since the COVID-19 pandemic.