Springfield Watch provides news, weather, sports, and breaking news updates. The latest headlines include a Maine man sentenced to life for murders and a shooting spree, Tennessee passing a law allowing the death penalty for child rapists, and the ripple effects of the border crisis in the United States.
Local news from Springfield includes an investigation launched after over $175,000 worth of equipment was stolen, a teen being charged as an adult in a stabbing case, and the Supreme Court allowing cities to ban outdoor sleeping. Officials are hopeful that a new apartment complex will boost the downtown Springfield economy, and Illinois Governor Pritzker has called for an investigation into the Alton Sinkhole Collapse by the Federal Office of Mine Safety.
In national and world news, President Biden has proposed a new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat, nearly 200 graves were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Ohio, and reports suggest China is using surveillance sites in Cuba to spy on the United States. Questions about Biden’s mental fitness continue as Democrats debate his performance, and Florida Governor DeSantis believes the presidential debate marks the unofficial end of Biden’s campaign.