Illinois reports highest one-day death toll from COVID-19

Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder and some aldermen carved out time Tuesday evening to express frustration with Sangamon County's enforcement of COVID-19 mitigations, a venting session that earned them a rebuke from county administrator Brian McFadden.

After sitting vacant for more than two years, a new anchor tenant is moving into the former Sears space at White Oaks Mall - the state of Illinois.

Three COVID-19 related deaths were reported in the area, one each in Sangamon, Menard and Morgan counties on Wednesday.

A Thayer bar seeking a temporary restraining order against the Sangamon County Department of Public Health had its case dismissed in court Wednesday.

SIU Medicine has new COVID-19 testing sites for Fridays in December. SIU will continue testing at Abundant Faith Christian Center, 2525 Taylor Ave.

CHICAGO - Four people, including a close friend of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, entered not guilty pleas Wednesday in a federal bribery case alleging a scheme with the state's largest utility in which they provided do-nothing jobs to Madigan loyalists in exchange for the speaker's help with legislation.

The living nightmare is almost over for Brandi Tolley and Neil Davis.

A block-long stretch of Sixth Street, the main northbound thoroughfare into downtown Springfield, will temporarily close starting Friday to allow for the installation of a new railroad bridge.

Three people were arrested for residential burglary and criminal trespassing in rural Sangamon County Wednesday afternoon.