Good morning, Springfield.

The Springfield Police Department hosts National Night Out today with events scheduled at several local spots (Bonansinga at 1:00 p.m., Hildebrandt at 2:00 p.m., Hy-Vee from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m.).

Residents can join the SPD to meet officers and neighbors throughout the day.

Teenagers from Springfield, Glenwood, and Rochester will perform a modern take on ‘Six The Musical’ at Lanphier High School on August 7 and 8 to raise funds for the school theater program — the production was developed all summer under the guidance of local show choir veterans.

A Springfield High student earned international recognition for her research on two fast-growing cancers before starting her senior year — she worked with a USC researcher and presented at ISEF in Phoenix, earning a four-year presidential scholarship and support for future studies.

Lawmakers signed a new state law that requires social media companies to strengthen privacy settings and limit addictive algorithms for kids to reduce nighttime screen time; officials say the measure will protect their health and improve classroom focus.

Illinois lawmakers launched the state’s FRESH (Families Receiving Emergency Support for Hunger) program on Aug.

1 to provide a one-time $400 payment for households that lost SNAP benefits, using $70 million to support about 150,000 residents.

Governor JB Pritzker urged families to join the Back-to-School State Tax Holiday — a ten-day event from August 7 to August 16 when qualifying clothing, footwear and school supplies are exempt from the state’s 5% sales tax.

Savings are applied automatically at registered stores across Illinois.

Springfield District 186 is hosting back-to-school physicals and immunization clinics today at local school sites to help students meet health requirements.

The Women’s Pro Baseball League is playing its first season at Robin Roberts Stadium.

Pitcher Ayami Sato (a six-time World Cup champion) leads a diverse group of international players from Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and the United States.

Maybelle Blair (99) attended the Women's Professional Baseball League opening weekend at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield as thousands lined up for sold-out merchandise and inspiring remarks, marking a historic moment that builds on her legacy from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1948.

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Performs highly responsible, diversified, and complex administrative and operational support to assist the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Office in fulfilling the administrative and operational functions of the Springfield Housing Authority (SHA), including coordinating the daily operations and management of the Executive Office. Uses considerable independent judgment and initiative in office management, report writing, newsletter and press release development, and interpreting and articulating federal regulations, SHA policies, standard operating procedures, PHAS, SEMAP, and Public Housing Agency Plan submissions.