Alex Whitney

LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The dangers that the AI-fueled data center boom could bring to Central Illinois are looming large in Logan County. Concerns over a new $5 billion project brought d…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — John Lund first met Terry Lynn Kitchen at the Veteran’s Renaissance Center in Springfield years ago. Lund said they were two veterans trying to get their lives back…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Brooke Oliver has spent 16 years training the next generation of surgical technicians.

Snapshot The Australian Taxation Office (‘ ATO ') has made its message clear: family trusts are now a major focus area of its audit and compliance activity.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Sean Grayson will not see any reduction in the length of his prison sentence following a judge’s ruling on Friday. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Community and faith leaders gathered at the capitol on Thursday to urge lawmakers to continue investing in programs which they believe are helping reduce gun violence in some of the state’s hardest-hit communities. More than 100 groups belonging to Community Violence Intervention Services, also known as CVI, made the trip to […]

Healthcare workers are often victims of workplace violence, with 73% of all cases of non-fatal workplace violence involving healthcare workers, and a new bill in Springfield could force hospitals t…

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Kerstin Huffman has spent almost a decade in the healthcare field. She got into the field to do everything she can to help others, but she said it's often her and her fellow healthcare workers who need help.

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — A group of journalists, podcasters and voice actors in Illinois are suing several major technology companies, alleging the corporations used their voices without consent to train …

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — There are many great tastes of Illinois. But if you are talking about the best meal between bread, State Representative Jeff Keicher thinks the winner is obvious. “Any kid that’s bor...