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Helps those who had to pitch spoiled food

SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - Sangamon County is collaborating with local grocery stores to help people impacted by recent storms and power outages.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a nationwide program that helps families with energy costs.

With rents doubling or tripling, seniors are mad as hell

Ameren Illinois bills spike, while CWLP customers largely spared

Joey McLaughlin talks with Preventionist & Community Advocate at the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault (PCASA), Deb Bonner,  about a new program called Raise the Bar, which is a bystander intervention program specifically aimed at reducing sexual violence in central Illinois bars and night clubs.

Joey McLaughlin talks with the Illinois State Museums Curator of History Erika Holst about  an exhibit coming up in the fall about Generation X. And the want your stories and objects from your youth.

Joey McLaughlin talks with the Executive Director at Sangamon County Department of Community Resources, Dave MacDonna about Sangamon County Community Resources remind residents of energy assistance program.

Emissions enigma, mask scofflaw’s dare, Ammon Bundy saga: News from around our 50 states Read full article March 16, 2021, 12:00 AM·48 min read Oops! Alabama Birmingham: City leaders likely will extend a mandate requiring face masks in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus despite the governor’s plan to end the statewide rule next month, said City Council President William Parker. While Gov. Kay Ivey has said the state order will expire April 9, Parker said officials in Birmingham h...

Hundreds of people trickled into the Salvation Army Saturday to get their first and only dose of the newest COVID-19 vaccine.