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The SIU Center for Family Medicine will be getting a supply of COVID-19 vaccines under an expansion of a progr...

Springfield hospitals will be getting some financial assistance from the federal government as part of the mas...

Springfield marks a couple of major milestones this weekend. Friday is the 15th anniversary of the twin tornad...

By WMAY Newsroom (Adobe Stock) A Hillsboro woman is dead after being struck by a car, and the driver of the vehicle is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. State police say 24-year-old Bethany Dixon was walking along Illinois Route 16 in Montgomery County Wednesday night when she was struck. According to police, the driver of the car left the scene but then later returned to report the crash. Dixon was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the car, 28-year-old Miranda Davidson of Irving in Montgomery County is charged with aggravated DU...

By WMAY Newsroom Photo Credit: http://www.allisonsalinas.org/ At least one candidate is stepping up to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth in the 2022 election. Allison Salinas of Pekin says she will seek the Republican nomination for Senate next year. Salinas has not held public office before, but has staged a series of “Back the Blue” rallies in support of law enforcement, and has also been involved in rallies calling for a faster reopening of the state after shutdowns last year caused by the coronavirus pandemic.