Springfield News

A months long investigation into drug sales across the capitol city puts 17 people behind bars.

Breaking news out of Springfield. Police arrest 17 people after a months-long investigation into illegal drug sales.

After a year away from home, five Illinois Army National Guard soldiers who served in Afghanistan are returning home this evening.

Federal regulators closed Friday the Independent Bankers' Bank, based in Springfield, Ill.

The deadline for the 2010 News-Edictorial contest has been changed, to allow an extra week to prepare contest entries, after the February 2 primary election.

NewsRadio WTAX has adopted First Book-Greater Springfield. Morning Newswatch's Bob Murray believes every child should have a chance to have a book to read and started the WTAX Gift of Reading in November of 2008.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Critics heaped scorn on Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday over a secret prison program that allowed hundreds of inmates - some violent offenders - to be released early, including some who only spent 11 days behind bars.

SPRINGFIELD – Repeat drunken drivers, drug users, and even people convicted of battery and weapons violations are serving less than three weeks' total time behind bars under a secret change in policy by Gov.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Talks aimed at ending an impasse over bringing high-speed passenger rail service to central Illinois could be nearing an end.

Illinois officials have reached an agreement with Springfield-area authorities that they hope will bolster the effort to bring high-speed trains to Illinois.

In the wake of the statehouse's ongoing budget stalemate, the University of Illinois system is bracing itself for a possible fiscal emergency this school year and budget cuts for the next.

A fierce storm left dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it slogged eastward Wednesday, snarling traffic and closing hundreds of schools from the Upper Midwest through New England.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. When the news arrived, Rep. Bill Black thought at first it was somebody's lame idea of a joke.

A woman who robbed a central Illinois bank of nearly $7,000 last spring with her husband's help is headed to federal prison for nearly five years.

Foul play is not suspected in the death of a Shelbyville resident found dead Saturday morning, according to Shelby County Coroner Brian Green.

When Tim Kornblum auditioned for the latest national tour of "Avenue Q," his being cast was not exactly a safe bet.

Dr. James Black's 428-page diary gives history buffs a 146-year-old glimpse of life during the Civil War.

Donate your spare change at Sonic Drive-Ins in Springfield and Jacksonville. Lynch & Liz are working the drive thru at Sonic and taking your donations for WYMG's Christmas Wish.

A Sangamon County Circuit Court Clerk employee in Chicago for a convention was found dead in Lake Michigan on Monday, the Sun-Times reported.

For someone who looks and sounds far different from any previous American president, Barack Obama sure invites a lot of comparisons with his predecessors.