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By WMAY Newsroom Apr 12, 2021 6:09 PM There’s no change in the status of the executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections. Steven Sandvoss was placed on administrative leave last week after notifying Illinois State Police that he had been the victim of an online extortion attempt. The board said in a statement that it took the action out of an abundance of caution, while checking to ensure the security of computer systems to which Sandvoss had access. There was no indic...

As I was preparing to broadcast the Glenwood verse Decatur MacArthur football game this past Friday night I to...

Help has arrived for thousands of Illinoisans who were faced with having to repay unemployment benefits. Gig e...

A Chicago restaurant has been asked to repay a $150,000 COVID relief grant to the state for providing false in...

911 calls show the panic at the scene of a mass shooting in Springfield back in February. Recordings obtained ...

Springfield in 1904 was a pretty wild town, and not just because of saloons and gambling. Animals of all sorts...

By Kyle Hutchinson Photo Credit: Animal Protective League / Official Website Kit is a 10-year-old domestic short hair (DSH) and was rescued from Sangamon County Animal Control through the APL’s New Hope program. He has a cool, laid back personality and enjoys pets and attention. He can be a little shy at first but after he’s had time to warm up, he is super sweet and loving. The APL is not sure how he would do with other cats as he has not had direct contact with them, but he has go...

By WMAY Newsroom (Shutterstock) As District 186 hybrid students head back to classrooms four days a week, the district is looking at changes to this year’s graduation requirements to help students cope with the effects of the pandemic. The district has traditionally required a total of 26 credits for a student to graduate, but reduced that number to 22 last year because of the disruption during the spring semester with the abrupt transition to remote learning. With students either all...

By Mike Wennmacher Photo: Shutterstock Another QB is changing scenery as the New York Jets announced today that they have traded QB Sam Darnold to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a 6 th round pick in the 2021 draft as well as a second and a fourth round pick in the 2022 draft. Darnold was the 3 rd overall pick in the 2018 draft and never developed into the QB the Jets envisioned he would be. Carolina is hoping a change of scenery will help Darnold reach that next level. The Jets c...

Space Jam movie.  The actress will voice the character of Lola Bunny in Space Jam: A New Legacy. With this news also came our very first trailer for the long-awaited sequel, which you can check out above. Netflix’s  The Witcher Season Two has wrapped. Netflix has revealed the logline for the series: “Convinced Yennefer’s life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While the Continent’s...