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By WMAY Newsroom (City of Springfield / Official Website) A Springfield alderman disagrees with plans to allow restaurants to resume partial indoor service before bars are allowed to. Mayor Jim Langfelder contends bars pose a bigger risk for spread of coronavirus because of the way people mingle and interact with each other. But Ward 1 Alderman Chuck Redpath says bars are struggling even worse than restaurants, since they have fewer options for carryout service, and says they have to be allowed to reopen soon. Redpath says we’re “turning the corner” against the virus and is call...

Springfield – Keith Loukinen has had perhaps the best view of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion of any restaurateur since opening his fine dining establishment across the street in 2017.  But on Saturday, Loukinen, in his full chef uniform, made the short walk to the front of the mansion to join about 100 bar and restaurant owners, employees and patrons to protest the mitigations put in place by Gov. JB Pritzker and enforced by Sangamon County public health officials.  The mitigations, in place since November, have closed bars and restaurants for indoor service for the second time in a ye...

Springfield alderman cited for violating city’s mask mandate Ward 1 Ald. Chuck Redpath was cited last week for violating the city’s mask mandate.  The citation stems from the Springfield City Council’s Dec. 1 meeting, where Redpath took off his mask for prolonged periods of time while seated at his designated spot around the horseshoe.  Per an emergency order signed by Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder last month, masks must be worn in all spaces that welcome the public, which includes council chambers.  Police Chief Kenny Winslow pulled Redpath aside during the meeting to ask him to ...