Ill State News

SPRINGFIELD – In advance of the anticipated severe winter storm expected to hit the entire state, Governor JB Pritzker yesterday issued a disaster declaration and activated approximately 130 members of the Illinois National Guard to ensure all state resources are available to deal with the heavy snow, ice, and blizzard conditions expected over the coming […]

PORTLAND, Ore. — Given that 2021 started with a riot at the Capitol and ended with another highly contagious surge of a new Covid variant, one could argue that the optimism bar for 2022 has been set pretty low. Yet we genuinely do have reasons to be optimistic for the year ahead, if anything because

By Loretta Graham, Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois CEO As we celebrate Black History Month, let us recognize how African American culture has profoundly shaped American culture.   Two of the greatest women in black history delivered a couple of the most significant speeches in American history –  Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman.   Sojourner Truth

CHICAGO – With a forecast that includes the potential for ice, heavy snow, high winds and severely cold temperatures across the central United States this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 5 office in Chicago encourages everyone to take precautions now to stay safe. “Avoid travel and listen to local updates for the

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 123,812 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois.   That’s a drop of 32 percent from the previous week’s total of 183,722 cases. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 2,897,174 cases, including 30,688 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Police (ISP) has unveiled an interactive Statewide Expressway Shooting (SES) dashboard which contains current and historical data regarding reported expressway shooting incidents on all expressways in Illinois. The ISP created this tool to provide not only data but also as context to expressway shootings reported in Illinois. One of the