Pritzker Signs Bill to Protect and Expand Vaccine Access In Illinois Illinois is taking steps to protect vaccine access in the state. Governor Pritzker signed a bill that codifies an executive order that empowers the Illinois Department of Public Health to offer transparent, science-based vaccine guidelines, while expa...

GAS PRICES According to Triple A, 31 states now have gas prices under $3 a gallon, but Illinois is not one of them. Going from lowest to highest, Illinois ranked 41st out of 50 states with an average of $3.147 per gallon on Dec. 1. No other Midwestern state was over $3. Illinois has the second-highest gas tax in the na...

Travis Schanaman Named New Director of Information Technology Of Decatur There is a new Director of Information Technology in the city of Decatur. Interim City Manager Melissa Hon announced that Travis Schanaman will serve in the role, replacing current IT Director Jim Edwards, who will retire at the end of the year af...

Sean Grayson Lawyers File Motion For New Trial Lawyers for former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson are seeking a new trial. Grayson was convicted in October of second-degree murder in the death of Sonya Massey. Authorities say he shot and killed the unarmed Black woman in July 2024 after she called 9-1-1 o...

LABOR PLAN LEGISLATION Democratic Illinois U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly has announced plans to introduce legislation that would urge hospitals to implement a safe discharge labor plan for expectant mothers. Kelly's bill is named for Mercedes Wells, a mother who was discharged from an Indiana hospital while in labor and then g...

PEARL HARBOR FLAGS Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day will be recognized statewide, with flags being ordered half-staff. The Illinois Department of Central Management Services said it received notice from Gov. J.B. Pritzker that all persons or entities covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act are to lower the U.S. and state ...

AMEREN RATE HIKE PROPOSAL A year after receiving a $308.6 million electric rate hike, Ameren Illinois is asking the Illinois Commerce Commission for authority to increase its delivery rates by an extra $59.6 million. The Citizens Utility Board said a provision in state regulatory law allows the utility to petition the ...

The snow emergency and parking restrictions have been lifted for the City of Decatur as of this morning.

President Trump says South Africa isn't going to be invited to next year's G20 summit in the U.S. The global forum of the world's largest economies held its annual summit in Johannesburg this year, and no high-ranking U.S. officials were in attendance due to Trump's claims that the white ethnic minority in South Africa...

The Chicago Bears are victorious after a Black Friday matchup with the Eagles in Philadelphia. Caleb Williams closed the Bears' scoring with a 28-yard TD strike to Cole Kmet with six-19 remaining, leaving the final score 24-15. Saquon Barkley was held to 56 rushing yards as the Eagles lost their second straight to fall...