Nurses and front-line allied health workers; first responders -paramedics, EMTs and firefighters; truck drivers.

The city's spring residential branch pickup is set to begin Monday, with a preset schedule that will see crews working in specified areas of the city each week.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many believed ShotSpotter to be a slam dunk.

Illinois' COVID-19 confirmed case count grew by nearly 2,500 again Saturday as a sustained increase in testing continues to drive the number upward."It really is a function of doing more testing," Gov.

Some businesses are poised to reopen their doors after the state's modified stay-at-home order went into effect Friday.

Taylorville's Paul Held and Pana's Gary Ade have run the athletic departments at the two largest high schools in Christian County for more than a decade and both athletic directors are calling it quits at the end of this school year.

On Saturday, April 25, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School graduate Albert Okwuegbunam became just the eighth player drafted in pro football who attended a Springfield high school.