october 1
- IHSA football: Get to know Athens senior running back Ja'Kyan Shanklin
- Illinois high school football scores: Week 6 scores in Springfield
- IHSA football: Central State Eight CS8 power rankings for Week 6
- Springfield IL park building bike track after $1M donation from family
- Defiant Springfield IL teacher defends state's Right of Conscience Act
- UIS survey: Many have thought of leaving Sangamon County
- Gov. Pritzker proclaims October as Illinois Manufacturing Month
- Deficit in Illinois unemployment fund over $4B as interest accrues
- IHSA girls golf: Routt's Dobson, Athens' Easley claim regional titles
- Illinois COVID-19 case decline follows summer surge, spike in deaths