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WICS Newschannel 20 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Springfield and nearby towns and communities in the Decatur, and Champaign area, including Jacksonville, Taylorville, Lincoln, Petersburg, Pana, Effingham, Shelbyville, Beardstown, Carlinville, Litchfield …
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WICS Newschannel 20 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Springfield and nearby towns and communities in the Decatur, and Champaign area, including Jacksonville, Taylorville, Lincoln, Petersburg, Pana, Effingham, Shelbyville, Beardstown, Carlinville, Litchfield …
State Treasurer returns $17.2 million in missing money in January
Feb 13, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office returned nearly $17.2 million in missing money during January, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced on Tuesday. The total includes more than $15.7 million in cash and interest and more than $1.4 million in stock value. All told, 25,434 claims were paid.
Central Illinois hospitals feel impact of Hurricane Helene
Oct 10, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD, ILL (WICS/WRSP) — The damage left over from Hurricane Helene has not only impacted the residents of North Carolina, but people nationwide. Hospitals across Central Illinois are scrambling to conserve IV fluid supplies after major plant Baxter International had to temporarily shut down after the storm from Hurricane Helene flooded the …
ISP & American Legion youth police camp inspires future public
Jul 8, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — The Illinois State Police (ISP) and the American Legion hosted the American Legion Youth Police Camp (ALYPC) at the Illinois National Guard Academy at Camp Lincoln in Springfield June 23-28, 2024. Officials say 25, 15-17 year-old teens called Cadets, successfully completed the week-long residency camp. The primary goal of the ALYPC is to establish an interactive ...
WATCH: Body camera footage of deputy-involved shooting of …
Jul 22, 2024 · The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office has released body camera footage of the deputy-involved shooting of Sonya Massey on July 6. On July 6, at 12:50 a.m. Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call in the 2800 block of Hoover Avenue in Springfield. During the incident, Sonya Massey, 36, was shot and later pronounced deceased at ...
Blue Cross Blue Shield "Blue Choice" plan now out of network
Jan 25, 2024 · Tens of thousands of people were impacted after Springfield Clinic went out of network with Blue Cross Blue Shield in 2021. That forced patients to either pay out of pocket or switch providers. Now, the insurance company has come to a new agreement. But it isn’t going to help everyone. Blue Cross Blue Shield representatives said the new ...
ISP trooper taken to hospital after Scott's Law crash - WICS
Feb 27, 2024 · JOLIET, Ill. (WICS) — An Illinois State Police Trooper was taken to hospital after a Scott's Law crash on Interstate 80 in Will County on Feb. 23. At 11:15 p.m. on Feb. 23, an ISP trooper was handling a crash on Interstate 80 westbound, east of LaGrange Road in Will County. The trooper was inside the vehicle with a seatbelt on when it was ...
Circle K rolling out new rewards program, discounted gas - WICS
Mar 6, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — On Thursday, March 7th, Circle K is rolling out Inner Circle, the brand’s first free membership program, across the Midwest, Great Lakes and American Heartland, including locations throughout Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. To celebrate, Circle K is taking 30 cents off per gallon of fuel from 3 to 6 p.m. local time.
Illinois prison workers to protest for safer conditions at 24 facilities
Oct 16, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — Employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections will demonstrate on Thursday, October 17, at more than two dozen prisons statewide demanding safer working conditions. Union members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31 say that state prisons are short-staffed; offenders increasingly abuse narcotic, synthetic, or ...