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By WMAY Newsroom (Mid-West Family Broadcasting) The General Assembly is passing a flurry of legislation ahead of Monday’s scheduled end of the spring session. Lawmakers approved a bill setting up a comprehensive sex education curriculum with what supporters say is age-appropriate information at each grade level. Some Republicans opposed the bill, with GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey calling it “perversion.” The legislature also approved a long-awaited fix to the state’s...

By WMAY Newsroom Facebook / Erin For Ward 8 Penalties for allowing conditions that constitute an “emergency health hazard” in Springfield would increase substantially under an ordinance proposed by Alderwoman Erin Conley. Hazards such as sanitation issues or rodent infestations on properties in the city could lead to fines of up to $5,000 a day until the problem is corrected. Conley says she introduced the ordinance after having difficulty getting a rat infestation cleaned up at a p...

By WMAY Newsroom Shutterstock The attorney for the family of a teen who drowned at the Lake Springfield Beach in 2007 says the city of Springfield has no good faith basis to appeal the recent verdict in the family’s wrongful death lawsuit. A jury awarded the family of Eric Jones $750,000 for what attorney Todd Bresney calls the city’s “willful and wanton” failure to have proper lifeguard protection on hand that day. Bresney says the teen’s family welcomes the “closure” tha...

By WMAY Newsroom Springfield Park District photo Springfield’s Veterans Memorial Pool will not be opening for the season on this Memorial Day weekend after all. The Springfield Park District says the opening has been delayed because of technical problems with the pool’s filtration system. It’s not known how long the pool will have to remain closed. Nelson Center Pool is still scheduled to open for the season on Monday, after being closed all last year because of the pandemic.

By WMAY Newsroom Illinois House Democrats map Illinois lawmakers have approved new legislative and state Supreme Court district maps, over the objections of Republicans. The Democratic majority in the House and Senate say the maps reflect the diversity and demographics of the state. But the GOP says the maps are based on flawed data and are designed solely to give Democrats political advantage over the next decade. They are calling on Governor JB Pritzker to keep a campaign promise and ...

The Sangamon County Coroner has identified the man who drowned in the pond at Lake Victoria Park in Springfiel...

Illinois Democrats have released revised legislative district maps that they say address concerns raised over ...

An ongoing dispute between neighbors in Athens has resulted in one man being shot... and Illinois State Police...

Illinois House and Senate committees have approved a revised version of legislative district maps, despite con...

A Springfield police officer has resigned after an internal affairs investigation was initiated into the offic...