The Baskin-Robbins near the southeast corner of Washington Street and Chatham Road has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.In a social media post Tuesday afternoon, the location confirmed that an employee tested positive for the virus over the weekend.
Sangamon County officials reported 12 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, as Springfield Clinic announced that it had four employees in a non-patient area test positive for the virus last week.
A 16-year-old male was struck by gunfire in the 3100 block of Butler Street Monday afternoon and two people are being questioned for their roles in the incident.
Students in Riverton schools will head back to in-person education next month, though they will have the option of virtual learning through a third-party system.
The federal government carried out its first execution in 17 years early Tuesday when Daniel Lewis Lee, convicted in the 1996 slaying of an Arkansas family, was put to death by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Members of the Springfield City Council advanced a proposal at their committee of the whole meeting Tuesday evening that would crack down on convenience stores that have become a late-night nuisance in certain areas of the city.
With fewer than four months remaining until the general election, House Republicans said Tuesday they want to remind Illinoisans of Democratic lawmakers' "failure" to address corruption in the General Assembly.
