Tom Ackerman

Christmas is right around the corner, which means it's time to pick out your tree. Here are some places you can in the Springfield area.

For people seeking shows to watch that are not sports related, we have you covered with some options.

We're starting off the weekend sunny but still cold with highs around freezing. As high pressure slides east the wind will shift over to the southwest prompting a steady weekend warm up. Saturday will still be sunny, but highs will climb to the mid 40s. We'll reach the low to mid 50s (above normal) Sunday with partly sunny skies and isolated late day showers possible. Cold rain is likely early next week with highs staying in the 50s Monday and Tuesday.

We'll dry out and see sunshine return Thursday, but it will be cold with highs in the mid to upper 30s in the Bluegrass and in the low 40s southeast. Winter weather takes a backseat for a while with a weekend warm up into the 50s that will carry over into early next week. We'll also see multiple rounds of active weather with rounds of rain showers along with the milder temperatures

A Springfield man is in custody after he allegedly made threats against President Biden, former President Barrack Obama and more politicians.

One has a butterfly on it. Others nod to Chicago, the Mississippi River and other Illinois waterways, Abraham Lincoln, and agriculture. Which is your favorite?

We'll start off the weekend with partly to mostly cloudy skies and near normal highs in the upper mid to upper 40s in the Bluegrass and low 50s southeast. Saturday will top out in the 50s with the first of what will be multiple rounds of widespread, soaking rain developing later in the evening and continuing overnight into Sunday. Monday looks warm, highs will surge to around 60° with another round of showers with isolated t-showers as well, mainly Monday evening into Tuesday. Overall rainfall from both rounds should max out around 1" to 2" with isolated 3" totals possible.

Morgan County has agreed to settle a lawsuit by paying $6 million after the death of a former inmate at the Morgan County Detention Facility.

Moving just a few blocks from its home of 70 years, fire Station 6 is the latest and final of three firehouses built in Springfield this year.

Hundreds of laws and amendments will go into effect in Illinois in 2025.