Memorial Health System announced Tuesday afternoon that several hundred employees had been released from employment across Central Illinois
Memorial Health System announced yesterday that several hundred employees have been let go. The layoffs will affect workers in multiple hospitals in Central Illinois, including Springfield Memorial Hospital and hospitals in Decatur, Jacksonville, Lincoln, and Taylorville. Other
Nowicki & Parker: 160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of abusive psychiatrist she exposed
State’s McFarland Mental Health Center renamed to honor woman who publicized its former namesake’s abusive methods By JERRY NOWICKI & MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to
Former NFL player Henry Ruggs sentenced to at least 3 years in prison for fatal DUI crash
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a deadly crash in Las Vegas. Ruggs,
New Illinois law limits deceptive practices police can use upon minors and those with disabilities
A bill passed during the 103rd Illinois General Assembly limits the ability of police to use deceptive practices when interrogating the young or most vulnerable of society. The measure only applies to persons who are under the
'I was trapped': Maui fire survivors speak out as emergency declared
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WAILUKU, Hawaii) — Hawaii residents recounted fleeing from deadly, ferocious wildfires, which have prompted an emergency proclamation from the acting governor. “We started smelling the smoke, and that’s when we knew we had trouble,” Maui resident
'I was trapped': Maui fire survivors speak out as emergency declared
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WAILUKU, Hawaii) — Hawaii residents recounted fleeing from deadly, ferocious wildfires, which have prompted an emergency proclamation from the acting governor. “We started smelling the smoke, and that’s when we knew we had trouble,” Maui resident
House GOP releases new memo on Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, reviving old claims
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday released a 19-page memo with “new information obtained in the [Oversight] Committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes,” according to Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the
41 people reportedly died after boat capsized off Italian coast, survivors tell Red Cross
Valeria Ferraro/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (LAMPEDUSA, Italy) — Forty-one people are presumed to have died in a shipwreck close to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Friday, survivors told the deputy general secretary of the Red Cross.
Newly revealed memo details efforts to keep Trump in power following election loss
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A newly revealed memo from December 2020 offers new insight into efforts by then-President Donald Trump’s legal team to keep Trump in power following his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Tuberville's stonewalling of military confirmations draws first criticism from a GOP presidential hopeful
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley became the first GOP presidential hopeful to criticize Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s, R-Ala., blockade of senior military nominations. Haley said the