Gillian Harris of Hartsburg, a recent graduate of Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School, has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2022 and awarded a $14,000 Lincoln Merit Scholarship for tuition over two years. At UIS, she will major in pre-nursing.The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed for a total of two years if the student maintains college GPA requirements.At Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School, she was a member of the Senior Beta Club.

For the first time in program history, the University of Illinois Springfield baseball team will compete in the NCAA Division Two World Series. The Prairie Stars beat Quincy University in a doubleheader to punch their ticket to the Cary, North Carolina.

"Now you have a real chance to go win it all," UIS head coach Ryan Copeland said. "You really do. You're one of eight teams. A good game here. Some luck here and there and you're fighting for a national championship. It's pretty cool to say out loud."

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) in partnership with the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS), announced today its Safe2Help Illinois Choose Kindness Video has been awarded a Silver Telly in the category of Social Video in the 43rd annual Telly Awards.

A new state mandate is requiring high schools to give students the chance to take at least one computer science course starting next school year.

The Illinois School Board of Education is making it a standard and amending the School Code.

However, before the classes can be offered teachers will need to be licensed for the course.

Rhyann Morris with the University of Illinois Springfield's admission department said this is leading many districts to work out agreements with universities like UIS.

Hometown: Pawnee, IllinoisMajor: Elementary EducationFuture Plans: Become an elementary school teacher

Madison Fugnitti works as a childcare aide at the University of Illinois Springfield’s Cox Children’s Center. In her hometown of Pawnee, she earned the title of Miss Pawnee Prairie Days in 2019. She also started a Facebook group to allow parents to connect with reliable, trustworthy and qualified babysitters in and around Pawnee.