Illinois Route 4 is closed from Route 104 to Divernon Road due to impassable water, according to an Illinois State Police posting on Facebook.

Val Rogers, health services coordinator for Springfield School District 186, was named the 2020 Educator of the Year by the Council for Exceptional Children.

Springfield native and veteran actress Teri McDonald Wells was part of the cast of the first production, "The Marvelous Wonderettes," when The Legacy Theatre was re-opened in 2011 after being shuttered for seven years.

After weeks of only treating emergencies, dentists in Illinois can now resume offering routine dental care, though there will be changes to office visits to limit the spread of COVID-19.Yet many dentists say they're struggling to find adequate personal protective equipment amid a national shortage - a potential roadblock to fully reopening."N95 masks and gowns are extremely hard to get, as are suitable face shields," said Dr. Terri Tiersky, president of the Chicago

The Illinois State Museum Society (ISMS) has hired a new advancement director and a new retail manager for the museum.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Sunday that there were 1,734 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 51 additional deaths.

SOAVE, Italy - In separate, stark warnings, two major European leaders have bluntly told their citizens that the world needs to adapt to living with the coronavirus and cannot wait to be saved by the development of a vaccine.

Several U.S. Representatives from Illinois, including Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, John Shimkus R-Collinsville and Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, sent a letter Friday to congressional leadership urging that Congress take action to prevent governors from withholding federal funds appropriated for local municipalities that allow their small businesses to reopen in accordance with federal health guidelines, but ahead of timelines outlined by states.