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A certain national pizza chain has cornered the "30 minutes or less" slogan, but that's exactly how long Rhea Park said it took him to get the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Thursday. Park and his friend Marilyn Danenberger both made the trip to Springfield from Loami. Admittedly, Park said he had visions of having to wait, but he got a pleasant surprise. "It went a lot better than expected," Park said. "We walked in, and they started us right through the process." "Painless" was how Deb Selby of Athens explained the vaccine a...

A certain national pizza chain has cornered the "30 minutes or less" slogan, but that's exactly how long Rhea Park said it took him to get the first round of

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield area's first mass-vaccination site to inoculate against COVID-19 opened Wednesday on the Illinois State Fairgrounds for people 65 and older and others in the state's high-priority groups. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office confirmed to The State Journal-Register late Tuesday that the Illinois National Guard will work with the Sangamon County Department of Public Health to operate the appointment-only site inside the Orr Building on the fairgrounds for the foreseeable future. Appointments for an initial 600 doses per day began Wednesday morning for people in the sta...

The Springfield area’s first mass-vaccination site to inoculate against COVID-19 opened Wednesday on the Illinois State Fairgrounds for people 65 and older and others in the state's high-priority groups. Gov. JB Pritzker’s office confirmed to The State Journal-Register late Tuesday that the Illinois National Guard will work with the Sangamon County Department of Public Health to operate the appointment-only site inside the Orr Building on the fairgrounds for the foreseeable future. Appointments for an initial 600 doses per day began Wednesday morning for people in the state’s 1A and 1...

In 2016, Barry Becker, a former alderman, was named as Jobe's replacement. “I have known Senator Turner for decades, from her time of service on the County Board, City Council, and now as Senator for Springfield and Sangamon County," Langfelder said in the statement. "Even though she is leaving her seat at the City Council, we look forward to continuing our work together on issues important to Springfield.” Manar of Bunker Hill resigned his Senate seat on Jan. 17 to become a senior adviser to Gov. JB Pritzker. Sangamon County Board Chairman Andy Van Meter said Turner has been "a key le...