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By WMAY Newsroom Feb 28, 2021 6:15 AM The nominee to be Springfield’s Ward 3 alderman says his top priority is cleaning up the Poplar Place neighborhood. Roy Williams, Jr., says he would also like to push for federal assistance with the cleanup of the Pillsbury Mills site, paving the way for the city to oversee new development on the property. The Springfield City Council will vote Tuesday night on whether to confirm Williams to replace Doris Turner, who left the Council after being appointed state senator.

Settlement checks for Illinois Facebook users could be just weeks away after a federal judge gave final approv...

There's been another shooting in Springfield. Police say a person was shot near 5th and Ash around 4:15 Saturd...

While a COVID-19 vaccination effort is making progress slowly, mass vaccinations are not anything new to the S...

By WMAY Newsroom Photo Credit: Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology / Official Website A data snafu has resulted in personal information about state benefit recipients being sent to thousands of households around the state. State officials say data from the National Change of Address Registry was matched up with an out-of-date state records file, resulting in more than 8,000 addresses being improperly changed. Then letters containing sensitive data were sent to recipients at those incorrect addresses. The data included state benefits information, names of dependents, and in ...