WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington.

The Edwards Place Fine Arts Fair opens Saturday at 10 a.m. with new protocols in place to accommodate COVID-19 precautions.

A house at the corner of 13th and Kansas streets was heavily damaged by fire Friday, Springfield Fire Chief Allen Reyne said.

After a member of the high school teaching staff at Calvary Academy in Springfield tested positive for COVID-19, officials said grades 9 to 12 there will have remote learning Monday until in-person learning resumes Oct. 1.Junior high and high school classes were canceled Friday to allow teachers to prepare for remote learning, according to a letter from Principal Jay Hinckley, posted Thursday afternoon on Facebook.

A Springfield man accused of firing shots at police officers Wednesday night was arrested Thursday, Springfield police said.

For the second straight day, total new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois topped 2,000.The Illinois Department of Public Health said there are 2,120 new cases of the disease Friday.

A 26-year-old Mississippi man was arrested after robbing people at two Springfield gas stations Wednesday and assaulting a 17-year-old who had been asleep in a car he stole.

Gov. JB Pritzker appeared in Macomb Friday to promote the census less than 2 weeks before the Sept. 30 deadline for responses.

The #LetUsPlay high school sports rally will still take place this Saturday at 1 p.m. in front of the Illinois State Capitol building, despite Gov.